2 Maccabees 8:26
Good News Translation
because it was almost time for the Sabbath to begin.

New Revised Standard Version
It was the day before the sabbath, and for that reason they did not continue their pursuit.

Contemporary English Version
because it was almost time to celebrate the Sabbath.

New American Bible
It was the day before the sabbath, and for that reason they could not continue the pursuit.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But they came back for want of time: for it was the day before the sabbath: and therefore they did not continue the pursuit.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But they came back for want of time: for it was the day before the sabbath: and therefore they did not continue the pursuit.

2 Maccabees 8:24
And the Almighty being their helper, they slew above nine thousand men: and having wounded and disabled the greater part of Nicanor's army, they obliged them to fly.

2 Maccabees 8:25
And they took the money of them that came to buy them, and they pursued them on every side.

2 Maccabees 8:27
But when they had gathered together their arms and their spoils, they kept the sabbath: blessing the Lord who had delivered them that day, distilling the beginning of mercy upon them.

2 Maccabees 8:28
Then after the sabbath they divided the spoils to the feeble and the orphans, and the widows, and the rest they took for themselves and their servants.

Context
2 Maccabees 8
25And they took the money of them that came to buy them, and they pursued them on every side. 26But they came back for want of time: for it was the day before the sabbath: and therefore they did not continue the pursuit. 27But when they had gathered together their arms and their spoils, they kept the sabbath: blessing the Lord who had delivered them that day, distilling the beginning of mercy upon them.…
Cross References
2 Maccabees 8:24
And the Almighty being their helper, they slew above nine thousand men: and having wounded and disabled the greater part of Nicanor's army, they obliged them to fly.

2 Maccabees 8:25
And they took the money of them that came to buy them, and they pursued them on every side.

2 Maccabees 8:27
But when they had gathered together their arms and their spoils, they kept the sabbath: blessing the Lord who had delivered them that day, distilling the beginning of mercy upon them.

2 Maccabees 8:28
Then after the sabbath they divided the spoils to the feeble and the orphans, and the widows, and the rest they took for themselves and their servants.



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