Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation So he received Jonathan with all honors, presented him to all his advisers, gave him gifts, and ordered his advisers and soldiers to obey Jonathan as they would him. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge But received him with honour, and commended him to all his friends, and gave him presents: and he commanded his troops to obey him, as himself. 1 Maccabees 12:41And Jonathan went out to meet him with forty thousand men chosen for battle, and came to Bethsan. 1 Maccabees 12:42 Now when Tryphon saw that Jonathan came with a great army, he durst not stretch forth his hand against him. 1 Maccabees 12:44 And he said to Jonathan: Why hast thou troubled all the people, whereas we have no war? 1 Maccabees 12:45 Now, therefore, send them back to their own houses: and choose thee a few men that may be with thee, and come with me to Ptolemais, and I will deliver it to thee, and the rest of the strong holds, and the army, and all that have any charge, and I will return and go away: for this is the cause of my coming. Context 1 Maccabees 12…42Now when Tryphon saw that Jonathan came with a great army, he durst not stretch forth his hand against him. 43But received him with honour, and commended him to all his friends, and gave him presents: and he commanded his troops to obey him, as himself. 44And he said to Jonathan: Why hast thou troubled all the people, whereas we have no war?… Cross References 1 Maccabees 12:41 And Jonathan went out to meet him with forty thousand men chosen for battle, and came to Bethsan. 1 Maccabees 12:42 Now when Tryphon saw that Jonathan came with a great army, he durst not stretch forth his hand against him. 1 Maccabees 12:44 And he said to Jonathan: Why hast thou troubled all the people, whereas we have no war? 1 Maccabees 12:45 Now, therefore, send them back to their own houses: and choose thee a few men that may be with thee, and come with me to Ptolemais, and I will deliver it to thee, and the rest of the strong holds, and the army, and all that have any charge, and I will return and go away: for this is the cause of my coming. |