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2 Maccabees 11:12-14
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Maccabees 11:12-14
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
12 Most of them got away wounded and stripped, and Lysias himself escaped by disgraceful flight.
Lysias Makes Peace with the Jews
13 As he was not without intelligence, he pondered over the defeat that had befallen him and realized that the Hebrews were invincible because the mighty God fought on their side. So he sent to them(A) 14 and persuaded them to settle everything on just terms, promising that he would persuade the king, constraining him to be their friend.[a](B)
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- 11.14 Meaning of Gk uncertain
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