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2 Maccabees 12:16-18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Maccabees 12:16-18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
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. 18 They did not find Timothy in that region, for he had by then left there without accomplishing anything, though in one place he had left a very strong garrison.(A)
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