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2 Maccabees 11:5-7
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
2 Maccabees 11:5-7
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
5 Invading Judea, he approached Beth-zur, which was a fortified place about five leagues[a] from Jerusalem, and pressed it hard.
6 When Maccabe′us and his men got word that Lys′ias[b] was besieging the strongholds, they and all the people, with lamentations and tears, besought the Lord to send a good angel to save Israel. 7 Maccabe′us himself was the first to take up arms, and he urged the others to risk their lives with him to aid their brethren. Then they eagerly rushed off together.
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- 2 Maccabees 11:5 About twenty miles. The text is uncertain here
- 2 Maccabees 11:6 Gk he
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)
The Revised Standard Version of the Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1965, 1966 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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