2 Maccabees 12:5
Good News Translation
As soon as Judas heard of this inhuman thing that had been done to those Jews, he informed his men.

New Revised Standard Version
When Judas heard of the cruelty visited on his compatriots, he gave orders to his men

Contemporary English Version
When Judas heard that such cruel things had been done to his own people, he told his troops what had to be done.

New American Bible
As soon as Judas heard of the barbarous deed perpetrated against his compatriots, he summoned his men;

Douay-Rheims Bible
But as soon as Judas heard of this cruelty done to his countrymen, he commanded the men that were with him: and after having called upon God, the just judge,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But as soon as Judas heard of this cruelty done to his countrymen, he commanded the men that were with him: and after having called upon God, the just judge,

2 Maccabees 12:3
The men of Joppe also were guilty of this kind of wickedness: they desired the Jews, who dwelt among them, to go with their wives and children into the boats, which they had prepared, as though they had no enmity to them.

2 Maccabees 12:4
Which when they had consented to, according to the common decree of the city, suspecting nothing, because of the peace: when they were gone forth into the deep, they drowned no fewer than two hundred of them.

2 Maccabees 12:6
He came against those murderers of his brethren, and set the haven on fire in the night, burnt the boats, and slew with the sword them that escaped from the fire.

2 Maccabees 12:7
And when he had done these things in this manner, he departed as if he would return again, and root out all the Joppites.

Context
2 Maccabees 12
4Which when they had consented to, according to the common decree of the city, suspecting nothing, because of the peace: when they were gone forth into the deep, they drowned no fewer than two hundred of them. 5But as soon as Judas heard of this cruelty done to his countrymen, he commanded the men that were with him: and after having called upon God, the just judge, 6He came against those murderers of his brethren, and set the haven on fire in the night, burnt the boats, and slew with the sword them that escaped from the fire.…
Cross References
2 Maccabees 12:3
The men of Joppe also were guilty of this kind of wickedness: they desired the Jews, who dwelt among them, to go with their wives and children into the boats, which they had prepared, as though they had no enmity to them.

2 Maccabees 12:4
Which when they had consented to, according to the common decree of the city, suspecting nothing, because of the peace: when they were gone forth into the deep, they drowned no fewer than two hundred of them.

2 Maccabees 12:6
He came against those murderers of his brethren, and set the haven on fire in the night, burnt the boats, and slew with the sword them that escaped from the fire.

2 Maccabees 12:7
And when he had done these things in this manner, he departed as if he would return again, and root out all the Joppites.



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2 Maccabees 12:4
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