Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Judas said: "Lord, when Hezekiah was king of Judah, you sent your angel, who killed 185,000 of King Sennacherib's men. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And in his prayer he said after this manner: Thou, O Lord, who didst send thy angel in the time of Ezechias, king of Juda, and didst kill a hundred and eighty-five thousand of the army of Sennacherib: 2 Maccabees 15:20And now when all expected what judgment would be given, and the enemies were at hand, and the army was set in array, the beasts and the horsemen ranged in convenient places, 2 Maccabees 15:21 Machabeus considering the coming of the multitude, and the divers preparations of armour, and the fierceness of the beasts, stretching out his hands to heaven, called upon the Lord, that worketh wonders, who giveth victory to them that are worthy, not according to the power of their arms, but according as it seemeth good to him. 2 Maccabees 15:23 Send now also, O Lord of heaven, thy good angel before us, for the fear and dread of the greatness of thy arm, 2 Maccabees 15:24 That they may be afraid, who come with blasphemy against thy holy people. And thus he concluded his prayer. Context 2 Maccabees 15…21Machabeus considering the coming of the multitude, and the divers preparations of armour, and the fierceness of the beasts, stretching out his hands to heaven, called upon the Lord, that worketh wonders, who giveth victory to them that are worthy, not according to the power of their arms, but according as it seemeth good to him. 22And in his prayer he said after this manner: Thou, O Lord, who didst send thy angel in the time of Ezechias, king of Juda, and didst kill a hundred and eighty-five thousand of the army of Sennacherib: 23Send now also, O Lord of heaven, thy good angel before us, for the fear and dread of the greatness of thy arm,… Cross References 2 Maccabees 15:20 And now when all expected what judgment would be given, and the enemies were at hand, and the army was set in array, the beasts and the horsemen ranged in convenient places, 2 Maccabees 15:21 Machabeus considering the coming of the multitude, and the divers preparations of armour, and the fierceness of the beasts, stretching out his hands to heaven, called upon the Lord, that worketh wonders, who giveth victory to them that are worthy, not according to the power of their arms, but according as it seemeth good to him. 2 Maccabees 15:23 Send now also, O Lord of heaven, thy good angel before us, for the fear and dread of the greatness of thy arm, 2 Maccabees 15:24 That they may be afraid, who come with blasphemy against thy holy people. And thus he concluded his prayer. |