Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation The king occupied Bethzur and stationed a body of troops there to guard it. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And the king took Bethsura: and he placed there a garrison to keep it. 1 Maccabees 6:48But the king's army went up against them to Jerusalem: and the king's army pitched their tents against Judea and Mount Sion. 1 Maccabees 6:49 And he made peace with them that were in Bethsura: and they came forth out of the city, because they had no victuals, being shut up there, for it was the year of rest to the land. 1 Maccabees 6:51 And he turned his army against the sanctuary for many days: and he set up there battering slings, and engines, and instruments to cast fire, and engines to cast stones and javelins, and pieces to shoot arrows, and slings. 1 Maccabees 6:52 And they also made engines against their engines, and they fought for many days. Context 1 Maccabees 6…49And he made peace with them that were in Bethsura: and they came forth out of the city, because they had no victuals, being shut up there, for it was the year of rest to the land. 50And the king took Bethsura: and he placed there a garrison to keep it. 51And he turned his army against the sanctuary for many days: and he set up there battering slings, and engines, and instruments to cast fire, and engines to cast stones and javelins, and pieces to shoot arrows, and slings.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 6:48 But the king's army went up against them to Jerusalem: and the king's army pitched their tents against Judea and Mount Sion. 1 Maccabees 6:49 And he made peace with them that were in Bethsura: and they came forth out of the city, because they had no victuals, being shut up there, for it was the year of rest to the land. 1 Maccabees 6:51 And he turned his army against the sanctuary for many days: and he set up there battering slings, and engines, and instruments to cast fire, and engines to cast stones and javelins, and pieces to shoot arrows, and slings. 1 Maccabees 6:52 And they also made engines against their engines, and they fought for many days. |
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