Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Suddenly he commanded his men to kill everyone who had come out to see them. They rushed into the city and murdered a great many people. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And he slew all that were come forth to flee: and running through the city with armed men, he destroyed a very great multitude. 2 Maccabees 5:24And whereas he was set against the Jews, he sent that hateful prince, Apollonius, with an army of two and twenty thousand men, commanding him to kill all that were of perfect age, and to sell the women and the younger sort. 2 Maccabees 5:25 Who, when he was come to Jerusalem, pretending peace, rested till the holy day of the sabbath: and then the Jews keeping holiday, he commanded his men to take arms. 2 Maccabees 5:27 But Judas Machabeus, who was the tenth, had withdrawn himself into a desert place, and there lived amongst wild beasts in the mountains with his company: and they continued feeding on herbs, that they might not be partakers of the pollution. 2 Maccabees 6:1 But not long after the king sent a certain old man of Antioch, to compel the Jews to depart from the laws of their fathers and of God: Context 2 Maccabees 5…25Who, when he was come to Jerusalem, pretending peace, rested till the holy day of the sabbath: and then the Jews keeping holiday, he commanded his men to take arms. 26And he slew all that were come forth to flee: and running through the city with armed men, he destroyed a very great multitude. 27But Judas Machabeus, who was the tenth, had withdrawn himself into a desert place, and there lived amongst wild beasts in the mountains with his company: and they continued feeding on herbs, that they might not be partakers of the pollution.… Cross References 2 Maccabees 5:24 And whereas he was set against the Jews, he sent that hateful prince, Apollonius, with an army of two and twenty thousand men, commanding him to kill all that were of perfect age, and to sell the women and the younger sort. 2 Maccabees 5:25 Who, when he was come to Jerusalem, pretending peace, rested till the holy day of the sabbath: and then the Jews keeping holiday, he commanded his men to take arms. 2 Maccabees 5:27 But Judas Machabeus, who was the tenth, had withdrawn himself into a desert place, and there lived amongst wild beasts in the mountains with his company: and they continued feeding on herbs, that they might not be partakers of the pollution. 2 Maccabees 6:1 But not long after the king sent a certain old man of Antioch, to compel the Jews to depart from the laws of their fathers and of God: |
    |