Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation When the attack came, King Ptolemy of Egypt turned and fled, and many of his soldiers were killed. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And he entered into Egypt with a great multitude, with chariots, and elephants, and horsemen, and a great number of ships: 1 Maccabees 1:16And they made themselves prepuces, and departed from the holy covenant, and joined themselves to the heathens, and were sold to do evil: 1 Maccabees 1:17 And the kingdom was established before Antiochus, and he had a mind to reign over the land of Egypt, that he might reign over two kingdoms. 1 Maccabees 1:19 And he made war against Ptolemee king of Egypt; but Ptolemee was afraid at his presence and fled, and many were wounded unto death. 1 Maccabees 1:20 And he took the strong cities in the land of Egypt: and he took the spoils of the land of Egypt. Context 1 Maccabees 1…17And the kingdom was established before Antiochus, and he had a mind to reign over the land of Egypt, that he might reign over two kingdoms. 18And he entered into Egypt with a great multitude, with chariots, and elephants, and horsemen, and a great number of ships: 19And he made war against Ptolemee king of Egypt; but Ptolemee was afraid at his presence and fled, and many were wounded unto death.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 1:16 And they made themselves prepuces, and departed from the holy covenant, and joined themselves to the heathens, and were sold to do evil: 1 Maccabees 1:17 And the kingdom was established before Antiochus, and he had a mind to reign over the land of Egypt, that he might reign over two kingdoms. 1 Maccabees 1:19 And he made war against Ptolemee king of Egypt; but Ptolemee was afraid at his presence and fled, and many were wounded unto death. 1 Maccabees 1:20 And he took the strong cities in the land of Egypt: and he took the spoils of the land of Egypt. |