2 Maccabees 2:6
Good News Translation
"Some of Jeremiah's friends tried to follow him and mark the way, but they could not find the cave.

New Revised Standard Version
Some of those who followed him came up intending to mark the way, but could not find it.

Contemporary English Version
Meanwhile, a few of our people had followed Jeremiah, hoping to mark the path to the cave, but they could not.

New American Bible
Some of those who followed him came up intending to mark the path, but they could not find it.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then some of them that followed him, came up to mark the place: but they could not find it.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Then some of them that followed him, came up to mark the place: but they could not find it.

2 Maccabees 2:4
It was also contained in the same writing, how the prophet, being warned by God, commanded that the tabernacle and the ark should accompany him, till he came forth to the mountain where Moses went up, and saw the inheritance of God.

2 Maccabees 2:5
And when Jeremias came thither he found a hollow cave: and he carried in thither the tabernacle, and the ark, and the altar of incense, and so stopped the door.

2 Maccabees 2:7
And when Jeremias perceived it, he blamed them, saying: The place shall be unknown, till God gather together the congregation of the people, and receive them to mercy.

2 Maccabees 2:8
And then the Lord will shew these things, and the majesty of the Lord shall appear, and there shall be a cloud as it was also shewed to Moses, and he shewed it when Solomon prayed that the place might be sanctified to the great God.

Context
2 Maccabees 2
5And when Jeremias came thither he found a hollow cave: and he carried in thither the tabernacle, and the ark, and the altar of incense, and so stopped the door. 6Then some of them that followed him, came up to mark the place: but they could not find it. 7And when Jeremias perceived it, he blamed them, saying: The place shall be unknown, till God gather together the congregation of the people, and receive them to mercy.…
Cross References
2 Maccabees 2:4
It was also contained in the same writing, how the prophet, being warned by God, commanded that the tabernacle and the ark should accompany him, till he came forth to the mountain where Moses went up, and saw the inheritance of God.

2 Maccabees 2:5
And when Jeremias came thither he found a hollow cave: and he carried in thither the tabernacle, and the ark, and the altar of incense, and so stopped the door.

2 Maccabees 2:7
And when Jeremias perceived it, he blamed them, saying: The place shall be unknown, till God gather together the congregation of the people, and receive them to mercy.

2 Maccabees 2:8
And then the Lord will shew these things, and the majesty of the Lord shall appear, and there shall be a cloud as it was also shewed to Moses, and he shewed it when Solomon prayed that the place might be sanctified to the great God.



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2 Maccabees 2:5
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