Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation the Romans learned of the plans and sent a general to fight against them. The Romans killed many of the Greeks, took their wives and children captive, plundered their possessions, occupied their land, tore down their fortresses, and made them slaves, as they are today. New Revised Standard Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And they sent a general against them, and fought with them, and many of them were slain, and they carried away their wives, and their children captives, and spoiled them, and took possession of their land, and threw down their walls, and brought them to be their servants unto this day. 1 Maccabees 8:8And the country of the Indians, and of the Medes, and of the Lydians, some of their best provinces: and those which they had taken from them, they gave to king Eumenes. 1 Maccabees 8:9 And that they who were in Greece, had a mind to go and to destroy them: and they had knowledge thereof, 1 Maccabees 8:11 And the other kingdoms, and islands, that at any time had resisted them, they had destroyed and brought under their power. 1 Maccabees 8:12 But with their friends, and such as relied upon them, they kept amity, and had conquered kingdoms that were near, and that were far off: for all that heard their name, were afraid of them. Context 1 Maccabees 8…9And that they who were in Greece, had a mind to go and to destroy them: and they had knowledge thereof, 10And they sent a general against them, and fought with them, and many of them were slain, and they carried away their wives, and their children captives, and spoiled them, and took possession of their land, and threw down their walls, and brought them to be their servants unto this day. 11And the other kingdoms, and islands, that at any time had resisted them, they had destroyed and brought under their power.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 8:8 And the country of the Indians, and of the Medes, and of the Lydians, some of their best provinces: and those which they had taken from them, they gave to king Eumenes. 1 Maccabees 8:9 And that they who were in Greece, had a mind to go and to destroy them: and they had knowledge thereof, 1 Maccabees 8:11 And the other kingdoms, and islands, that at any time had resisted them, they had destroyed and brought under their power. 1 Maccabees 8:12 But with their friends, and such as relied upon them, they kept amity, and had conquered kingdoms that were near, and that were far off: for all that heard their name, were afraid of them. |