Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation When the news of what had happened in Jerusalem reached Antiochus, he thought the whole country of Judea was in revolt, and he became as furious as a wild animal. So he left Egypt and took Jerusalem by storm, New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Now when these things were done, the king suspected that the Jews would forsake the alliance: whereupon departing out of Egypt with a furious mind, he took the city by force of arms, 2 Maccabees 5:9And he that had driven many out of their country perished in a strange land, going to Lacedemon, as if for kindred sake he should have refuge there: 2 Maccabees 5:10 But he that had cast out many unburied, was himself cast forth both unlamented and unburied, neither having foreign burial, nor being partaker of the sepulchre of his fathers. 2 Maccabees 5:12 And commanded the soldiers to kill, and not to spare any that came in their way, and to go up into the houses to slay. 2 Maccabees 5:13 Thus there was a slaughter of young and old, destruction of women and children, and killing of virgins and infants. Context 2 Maccabees 5…10But he that had cast out many unburied, was himself cast forth both unlamented and unburied, neither having foreign burial, nor being partaker of the sepulchre of his fathers. 11Now when these things were done, the king suspected that the Jews would forsake the alliance: whereupon departing out of Egypt with a furious mind, he took the city by force of arms, 12And commanded the soldiers to kill, and not to spare any that came in their way, and to go up into the houses to slay.… Cross References 2 Maccabees 5:9 And he that had driven many out of their country perished in a strange land, going to Lacedemon, as if for kindred sake he should have refuge there: 2 Maccabees 5:10 But he that had cast out many unburied, was himself cast forth both unlamented and unburied, neither having foreign burial, nor being partaker of the sepulchre of his fathers. 2 Maccabees 5:12 And commanded the soldiers to kill, and not to spare any that came in their way, and to go up into the houses to slay. 2 Maccabees 5:13 Thus there was a slaughter of young and old, destruction of women and children, and killing of virgins and infants. |