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2 Maccabees 11:12-14
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
2 Maccabees 11:12-14
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
12 Most of them got away stripped and wounded, 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 14 and persuaded them to settle everything on just terms, promising that he would persuade the king, constraining him to be their friend.[a]
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- 2 Maccabees 11:14 Meaning of Gk uncertain
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