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2 Maccabees 12:15-17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Maccabees 12:15-17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
15 But Judas and his men, calling upon the great Sovereign of the world, who without battering rams or engines of war overthrew Jericho in the days of Joshua, rushed furiously upon the walls.(A) 16 They took the town by the will of God and slaughtered untold numbers, so that the adjoining lake, a quarter of a mile[a] wide, appeared to be running over with blood.
Judas Defeats Timothy’s Army
17 When they had gone ninety-five miles[b] from there, they came to a stockade,[c] to the Jews who are called Toubiani.
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