Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Finally, after he had promised to send their relatives home safely, they let him go free. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And when he had given his faith that he would restore them according to the agreement, they let him go without hurt, for the saving of their brethren. 2 Maccabees 12:23But Judas pursued them close, punishing the profane, of whom he slew thirty thousand men. 2 Maccabees 12:24 And Timotheus himself fell into the hands of the band of Dositheus and Sosipater, and with many prayers he besought them to let him go with his life, because he had the parents and brethren of many of the Jews, who, by his death, might happen to be deceived. 2 Maccabees 12:26 Then Judas went away to Carnion, where he slew five and twenty thousand persons. 2 Maccabees 12:27 And after he had put to flight and destroyed these, he removed his army to Ephron, a strong city, wherein there dwelt a multitude of divers nations: and stout young men standing upon the walls, made a vigorous resistance: and in this place there were many engines of war, and a provision of darts. Context 2 Maccabees 12…24And Timotheus himself fell into the hands of the band of Dositheus and Sosipater, and with many prayers he besought them to let him go with his life, because he had the parents and brethren of many of the Jews, who, by his death, might happen to be deceived. 25And when he had given his faith that he would restore them according to the agreement, they let him go without hurt, for the saving of their brethren. 26Then Judas went away to Carnion, where he slew five and twenty thousand persons.… Cross References 2 Maccabees 12:23 But Judas pursued them close, punishing the profane, of whom he slew thirty thousand men. 2 Maccabees 12:24 And Timotheus himself fell into the hands of the band of Dositheus and Sosipater, and with many prayers he besought them to let him go with his life, because he had the parents and brethren of many of the Jews, who, by his death, might happen to be deceived. 2 Maccabees 12:26 Then Judas went away to Carnion, where he slew five and twenty thousand persons. 2 Maccabees 12:27 And after he had put to flight and destroyed these, he removed his army to Ephron, a strong city, wherein there dwelt a multitude of divers nations: and stout young men standing upon the walls, made a vigorous resistance: and in this place there were many engines of war, and a provision of darts. |
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