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2 Maccabees 10:17-19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Maccabees 10:17-19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
17 Attacking them vigorously, they gained possession of the places and drove back all who fought upon the wall and slaughtered those whom they encountered, killing no fewer than twenty thousand.
18 When at least nine thousand took refuge in two very strong towers well equipped to withstand a siege, 19 Maccabeus left Simon and Joseph, and also Zacchaeus and his troops, a force sufficient to besiege them, and he himself set off for places where he was more urgently needed.(A)
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