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2 Maccabees 12:15-17
Revised Standard Version
2 Maccabees 12:15-17
Revised Standard Version
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. 16 They took the city 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 Charax, to the Jews who are called Toubia′ni.
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- 2 Maccabees 12:16 Gk two stadia
- 2 Maccabees 12:17 Gk seven hundred and fifty stadia
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