2 Maccabees 15:22
Good News Translation
Judas said: "Lord, when Hezekiah was king of Judah, you sent your angel, who killed 185,000 of King Sennacherib's men.

New Revised Standard Version
He called upon him in these words: “O Lord, you sent your angel in the time of King Hezekiah of Judea, and he killed fully one hundred eighty-five thousand in the camp of Sennacherib.

Contemporary English Version
This is what he prayed: Lord of Heaven, when Hezekiah was king of Judea, you sent an angel who killed 185,000 troops that belonged to King Sennacherib.

New American Bible
Calling upon God, he spoke in this manner: “You, master, sent your angel in the days of King Hezekiah of Judea, and he slew a hundred and eighty-five thousand men of Sennacherib’s camp.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And in his prayer he said after this manner: Thou, O Lord, who didst send thy angel in the time of Ezechias, king of Juda, and didst kill a hundred and eighty-five thousand of the army of Sennacherib:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And in his prayer he said after this manner: Thou, O Lord, who didst send thy angel in the time of Ezechias, king of Juda, and didst kill a hundred and eighty-five thousand of the army of Sennacherib:

2 Maccabees 15:20
And now when all expected what judgment would be given, and the enemies were at hand, and the army was set in array, the beasts and the horsemen ranged in convenient places,

2 Maccabees 15:21
Machabeus considering the coming of the multitude, and the divers preparations of armour, and the fierceness of the beasts, stretching out his hands to heaven, called upon the Lord, that worketh wonders, who giveth victory to them that are worthy, not according to the power of their arms, but according as it seemeth good to him.

2 Maccabees 15:23
Send now also, O Lord of heaven, thy good angel before us, for the fear and dread of the greatness of thy arm,

2 Maccabees 15:24
That they may be afraid, who come with blasphemy against thy holy people. And thus he concluded his prayer.

Context
2 Maccabees 15
21Machabeus considering the coming of the multitude, and the divers preparations of armour, and the fierceness of the beasts, stretching out his hands to heaven, called upon the Lord, that worketh wonders, who giveth victory to them that are worthy, not according to the power of their arms, but according as it seemeth good to him. 22And in his prayer he said after this manner: Thou, O Lord, who didst send thy angel in the time of Ezechias, king of Juda, and didst kill a hundred and eighty-five thousand of the army of Sennacherib: 23Send now also, O Lord of heaven, thy good angel before us, for the fear and dread of the greatness of thy arm,…
Cross References
2 Maccabees 15:20
And now when all expected what judgment would be given, and the enemies were at hand, and the army was set in array, the beasts and the horsemen ranged in convenient places,

2 Maccabees 15:21
Machabeus considering the coming of the multitude, and the divers preparations of armour, and the fierceness of the beasts, stretching out his hands to heaven, called upon the Lord, that worketh wonders, who giveth victory to them that are worthy, not according to the power of their arms, but according as it seemeth good to him.

2 Maccabees 15:23
Send now also, O Lord of heaven, thy good angel before us, for the fear and dread of the greatness of thy arm,

2 Maccabees 15:24
That they may be afraid, who come with blasphemy against thy holy people. And thus he concluded his prayer.



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2 Maccabees 15:21
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