Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation that he sent an army of 22,000 mercenary troops from Mysia to Jerusalem under the command of a man named Apollonius, with orders to kill every man in the city and to sell the women and boys as slaves. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And whereas he was set against the Jews, he sent that hateful prince, Apollonius, with an army of two and twenty thousand men, commanding him to kill all that were of perfect age, and to sell the women and the younger sort. 2 Maccabees 5:22He left also governors to afflict the people: at Jerusalem, Philip, a Phrygian by birth, but in manners more barbarous than he that set him there: 2 Maccabees 5:23 And in Gazarim, Andronicus and Menelaus, who bore a more heavy hand upon the citizens than the rest. 2 Maccabees 5:25 Who, when he was come to Jerusalem, pretending peace, rested till the holy day of the sabbath: and then the Jews keeping holiday, he commanded his men to take arms. 2 Maccabees 5:26 And he slew all that were come forth to flee: and running through the city with armed men, he destroyed a very great multitude. Context 2 Maccabees 5…23And in Gazarim, Andronicus and Menelaus, who bore a more heavy hand upon the citizens than the rest. 24And whereas he was set against the Jews, he sent that hateful prince, Apollonius, with an army of two and twenty thousand men, commanding him to kill all that were of perfect age, and to sell the women and the younger sort. 25Who, when he was come to Jerusalem, pretending peace, rested till the holy day of the sabbath: and then the Jews keeping holiday, he commanded his men to take arms.… Cross References 2 Maccabees 5:22 He left also governors to afflict the people: at Jerusalem, Philip, a Phrygian by birth, but in manners more barbarous than he that set him there: 2 Maccabees 5:23 And in Gazarim, Andronicus and Menelaus, who bore a more heavy hand upon the citizens than the rest. 2 Maccabees 5:25 Who, when he was come to Jerusalem, pretending peace, rested till the holy day of the sabbath: and then the Jews keeping holiday, he commanded his men to take arms. 2 Maccabees 5:26 And he slew all that were come forth to flee: and running through the city with armed men, he destroyed a very great multitude. |