Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation because it was almost time for the Sabbath to begin. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge But they came back for want of time: for it was the day before the sabbath: and therefore they did not continue the pursuit. 2 Maccabees 8:24And the Almighty being their helper, they slew above nine thousand men: and having wounded and disabled the greater part of Nicanor's army, they obliged them to fly. 2 Maccabees 8:25 And they took the money of them that came to buy them, and they pursued them on every side. 2 Maccabees 8:27 But when they had gathered together their arms and their spoils, they kept the sabbath: blessing the Lord who had delivered them that day, distilling the beginning of mercy upon them. 2 Maccabees 8:28 Then after the sabbath they divided the spoils to the feeble and the orphans, and the widows, and the rest they took for themselves and their servants. Context 2 Maccabees 8…25And they took the money of them that came to buy them, and they pursued them on every side. 26But they came back for want of time: for it was the day before the sabbath: and therefore they did not continue the pursuit. 27But when they had gathered together their arms and their spoils, they kept the sabbath: blessing the Lord who had delivered them that day, distilling the beginning of mercy upon them.… Cross References 2 Maccabees 8:24 And the Almighty being their helper, they slew above nine thousand men: and having wounded and disabled the greater part of Nicanor's army, they obliged them to fly. 2 Maccabees 8:25 And they took the money of them that came to buy them, and they pursued them on every side. 2 Maccabees 8:27 But when they had gathered together their arms and their spoils, they kept the sabbath: blessing the Lord who had delivered them that day, distilling the beginning of mercy upon them. 2 Maccabees 8:28 Then after the sabbath they divided the spoils to the feeble and the orphans, and the widows, and the rest they took for themselves and their servants. |
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