2 Maccabees 5:11
Good News Translation
When the news of what had happened in Jerusalem reached Antiochus, he thought the whole country of Judea was in revolt, and he became as furious as a wild animal. So he left Egypt and took Jerusalem by storm,

New Revised Standard Version
When news of what had happened reached the king, he took it to mean that Judea was in revolt. So, raging inwardly, he left Egypt and took the city by storm.

Contemporary English Version
When King Antiochus heard about the fighting in Jerusalem, he thought that Judea had rebelled against him. So in his fury, he led his army from Egypt and captured Jerusalem.

New American Bible
When these happenings were reported to the king, he thought that Judea was in revolt. Raging like a wild animal, he set out from Egypt and took Jerusalem by storm.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now when these things were done, the king suspected that the Jews would forsake the alliance: whereupon departing out of Egypt with a furious mind, he took the city by force of arms,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Now when these things were done, the king suspected that the Jews would forsake the alliance: whereupon departing out of Egypt with a furious mind, he took the city by force of arms,

2 Maccabees 5:9
And he that had driven many out of their country perished in a strange land, going to Lacedemon, as if for kindred sake he should have refuge there:

2 Maccabees 5:10
But he that had cast out many unburied, was himself cast forth both unlamented and unburied, neither having foreign burial, nor being partaker of the sepulchre of his fathers.

2 Maccabees 5:12
And commanded the soldiers to kill, and not to spare any that came in their way, and to go up into the houses to slay.

2 Maccabees 5:13
Thus there was a slaughter of young and old, destruction of women and children, and killing of virgins and infants.

Context
2 Maccabees 5
10But he that had cast out many unburied, was himself cast forth both unlamented and unburied, neither having foreign burial, nor being partaker of the sepulchre of his fathers. 11Now when these things were done, the king suspected that the Jews would forsake the alliance: whereupon departing out of Egypt with a furious mind, he took the city by force of arms, 12And commanded the soldiers to kill, and not to spare any that came in their way, and to go up into the houses to slay.…
Cross References
2 Maccabees 5:9
And he that had driven many out of their country perished in a strange land, going to Lacedemon, as if for kindred sake he should have refuge there:

2 Maccabees 5:10
But he that had cast out many unburied, was himself cast forth both unlamented and unburied, neither having foreign burial, nor being partaker of the sepulchre of his fathers.

2 Maccabees 5:12
And commanded the soldiers to kill, and not to spare any that came in their way, and to go up into the houses to slay.

2 Maccabees 5:13
Thus there was a slaughter of young and old, destruction of women and children, and killing of virgins and infants.



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2 Maccabees 5:10
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