1 Maccabees 11:4
Good News Translation
When he reached Azotus, the people there showed him the burned ruins of the temple of Dagon and all the destruction in the city and the surrounding towns. There were corpses everywhere. The bodies of the men Jonathan had burned to death during the battle were now stacked up along Ptolemy's route.

New Revised Standard Version
When he approached Azotus, they showed him the burnt-out temple of Dagon, and Azotus and its suburbs destroyed, and the corpses lying about, and the charred bodies of those whom Jonathan had burned in the war, for they had piled them in heaps along his route.

Contemporary English Version
The people of Azotus met Ptolemy and showed him all that was left of their town, of the nearby villages, and of the temple of Dagon that had been destroyed by fire. They also showed him the piles of dead and burned bodies they had heaped up beside the road after the battle with Jonathan.

New American Bible
As they neared Azotus, they showed him the temple of Dagon destroyed by fire, Azotus and its suburbs demolished, corpses lying about, and the charred bodies of those burned in the war, for they had heaped them up along his route.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he came near to Azotus, they shewed him the temple of Dagon that was burnt with fire, and Azotus, and the suburbs thereof, that were destroyed, and the bodies that were cast abroad, and the graves of them that were slain in the battle, which they had made near the way.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And when he came near to Azotus, they shewed him the temple of Dagon that was burnt with fire, and Azotus, and the suburbs thereof, that were destroyed, and the bodies that were cast abroad, and the graves of them that were slain in the battle, which they had made near the way.

1 Maccabees 11:2
And he went out into Syria with peaceable words and they opened to him the cities, and met him: for king Alexander had ordered them to go forth to meet him, because he was his father in law.

1 Maccabees 11:3
Now when Ptolemee entered into the cities, he put garrisons of soldiers in every city.

1 Maccabees 11:5
And they told the king that Jonathan had done these things, to make him odious: but the king held his peace.

1 Maccabees 11:6
And Jonathan came to meet the king at Joppe with glory, and they saluted one another, and they lodged there.

Context
1 Maccabees 11
3Now when Ptolemee entered into the cities, he put garrisons of soldiers in every city. 4And when he came near to Azotus, they shewed him the temple of Dagon that was burnt with fire, and Azotus, and the suburbs thereof, that were destroyed, and the bodies that were cast abroad, and the graves of them that were slain in the battle, which they had made near the way. 5And they told the king that Jonathan had done these things, to make him odious: but the king held his peace.…
Cross References
1 Maccabees 11:2
And he went out into Syria with peaceable words and they opened to him the cities, and met him: for king Alexander had ordered them to go forth to meet him, because he was his father in law.

1 Maccabees 11:3
Now when Ptolemee entered into the cities, he put garrisons of soldiers in every city.

1 Maccabees 11:5
And they told the king that Jonathan had done these things, to make him odious: but the king held his peace.

1 Maccabees 11:6
And Jonathan came to meet the king at Joppe with glory, and they saluted one another, and they lodged there.



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