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2 Maccabees 12:16-18
Revised Standard Version
2 Maccabees 12:16-18
Revised Standard Version
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. 18 They did not find Timothy in that region, for he had by then departed from the region without accomplishing anything, though in one place he had left a very strong garrison.
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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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