Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation When the approaching enemy forces saw that the Jews were ready to fight for their lives, they turned back. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Then they that had come after them, seeing that they stood for their lives, returned back. 1 Maccabees 12:49Then Tryphon sent an army and horsemen into Galilee, and into the great plain, to destroy all Jonathan's company. 1 Maccabees 12:50 But they, when they understood that Jonathan, and all that were with him, were taken and slain, encouraged one another, and went out ready for battle. 1 Maccabees 12:52 Whereupon they all came peaceably into the land of Juda and they bewailed Jonathan, and them that had been with him, exceedingly: and Israel mourned with great lamentation. 1 Maccabees 12:53 Then all the heathens that were round about them, sought to destroy them. For they said: Context 1 Maccabees 12…50But they, when they understood that Jonathan, and all that were with him, were taken and slain, encouraged one another, and went out ready for battle. 51Then they that had come after them, seeing that they stood for their lives, returned back. 52Whereupon they all came peaceably into the land of Juda and they bewailed Jonathan, and them that had been with him, exceedingly: and Israel mourned with great lamentation.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 12:49 Then Tryphon sent an army and horsemen into Galilee, and into the great plain, to destroy all Jonathan's company. 1 Maccabees 12:50 But they, when they understood that Jonathan, and all that were with him, were taken and slain, encouraged one another, and went out ready for battle. 1 Maccabees 12:52 Whereupon they all came peaceably into the land of Juda and they bewailed Jonathan, and them that had been with him, exceedingly: and Israel mourned with great lamentation. 1 Maccabees 12:53 Then all the heathens that were round about them, sought to destroy them. For they said: |