Verse (Click for Chapter) 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 Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible 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 11:2And 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. |