Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation since we do have the help of the Lord, who has defeated our enemies and rescued us from them. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For we have had help from heaven, and we have been delivered, and our enemies are humbled. 1 Maccabees 12:13But we have had many troubles and wars on every side; and the kings that are round about us have fought against us. 1 Maccabees 12:14 But we would not be troublesome to you, nor to the rest of our allies and friends, in these wars. 1 Maccabees 12:16 We have chosen, therefore, Numenius the son of Antiochus, and Antipater, the son of Jason, and have sent them to the Romans, to renew with them the former amity and alliance. 1 Maccabees 12:17 And we have commanded them to go also to you, and salute you, and to deliver you our letters, concerning the renewing of our brotherhood. Context 1 Maccabees 12…14But we would not be troublesome to you, nor to the rest of our allies and friends, in these wars. 15For we have had help from heaven, and we have been delivered, and our enemies are humbled. 16We have chosen, therefore, Numenius the son of Antiochus, and Antipater, the son of Jason, and have sent them to the Romans, to renew with them the former amity and alliance.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 12:13 But we have had many troubles and wars on every side; and the kings that are round about us have fought against us. 1 Maccabees 12:14 But we would not be troublesome to you, nor to the rest of our allies and friends, in these wars. 1 Maccabees 12:16 We have chosen, therefore, Numenius the son of Antiochus, and Antipater, the son of Jason, and have sent them to the Romans, to renew with them the former amity and alliance. 1 Maccabees 12:17 And we have commanded them to go also to you, and salute you, and to deliver you our letters, concerning the renewing of our brotherhood. |