Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation They said to one another, "Let's go to war with the Gentiles around us and win some fame for ourselves." New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And he said: Let us also get us a name, and let us go fight against the Gentiles that are round about us. 1 Maccabees 5:55Now in the days that Judas and Jonathan were in the land of Galaad, and Simon his brother in Galilee, before Ptolemais, 1 Maccabees 5:56 Joseph, the son of Zacharias, and Azarias, captain of the soldiers, heard of the good success, and the battles that were fought, 1 Maccabees 5:58 And he gave charge to them that were in his army, and they went towards Jamnia. 1 Maccabees 5:59 And Gorgias and his men went out of the city, to give them battle. Context 1 Maccabees 5…56Joseph, the son of Zacharias, and Azarias, captain of the soldiers, heard of the good success, and the battles that were fought, 57And he said: Let us also get us a name, and let us go fight against the Gentiles that are round about us. 58And he gave charge to them that were in his army, and they went towards Jamnia.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 5:55 Now in the days that Judas and Jonathan were in the land of Galaad, and Simon his brother in Galilee, before Ptolemais, 1 Maccabees 5:56 Joseph, the son of Zacharias, and Azarias, captain of the soldiers, heard of the good success, and the battles that were fought, 1 Maccabees 5:58 And he gave charge to them that were in his army, and they went towards Jamnia. 1 Maccabees 5:59 And Gorgias and his men went out of the city, to give them battle. |