Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Here in Judah we are now praying for you. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And now here we are praying for you. 2 Maccabees 1:4May he open your heart in his law, and in his commandments, and send you peace. 2 Maccabees 1:5 May he hear your prayers, and be reconciled unto you, and never forsake you in the evil time. 2 Maccabees 1:7 When Demetrius reigned, in the year one hundred and sixty-nine, we Jews wrote to you in the trouble and violence that came upon us in those years, after Jason withdrew himself from the holy land, and from the kingdom. 2 Maccabees 1:8 They burnt the gate, and shed innocent blood: then we prayed to the Lord, and were heard, and we offered sacrifices, and fine flour, and lighted the lamps, and set forth the loaves. Context 2 Maccabees 1…5May he hear your prayers, and be reconciled unto you, and never forsake you in the evil time. 6And now here we are praying for you. 7When Demetrius reigned, in the year one hundred and sixty-nine, we Jews wrote to you in the trouble and violence that came upon us in those years, after Jason withdrew himself from the holy land, and from the kingdom.… Cross References 2 Maccabees 1:4 May he open your heart in his law, and in his commandments, and send you peace. 2 Maccabees 1:5 May he hear your prayers, and be reconciled unto you, and never forsake you in the evil time. 2 Maccabees 1:7 When Demetrius reigned, in the year one hundred and sixty-nine, we Jews wrote to you in the trouble and violence that came upon us in those years, after Jason withdrew himself from the holy land, and from the kingdom. 2 Maccabees 1:8 They burnt the gate, and shed innocent blood: then we prayed to the Lord, and were heard, and we offered sacrifices, and fine flour, and lighted the lamps, and set forth the loaves. |
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