Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Simon's son John left Gezer and went to report to his father what Cendebeus had done. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Then John came up from Gazara, and told Simon, his father, what Cendebeus had done against their people. 1 Maccabees 15:40And Cendebeus came to Jamnia, and began to provoke the people, and to ravage Judea, and to take the people prisoners, and to kill, and to build Gedor. 1 Maccabees 15:41 And he placed there horsemen, and an army: that they might issue forth, and make incursions upon the ways of Judea, as the king had commanded him. 1 Maccabees 16:2 And Simon called his two eldest sons, Judas and John, and said to them: I and my brethren, and my father's house, have fought against the enemies of Israel from our youth even to this day: and things have prospered so well in our hands, that we have delivered Israel oftentimes. 1 Maccabees 16:3 And now I am old, but be you instead of me, and my brethren, and go out, and fight for our nation: and the help from heaven be with you. Context 1 Maccabees 16… 1Then John came up from Gazara, and told Simon, his father, what Cendebeus had done against their people. 2And Simon called his two eldest sons, Judas and John, and said to them: I and my brethren, and my father's house, have fought against the enemies of Israel from our youth even to this day: and things have prospered so well in our hands, that we have delivered Israel oftentimes.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 15:40 And Cendebeus came to Jamnia, and began to provoke the people, and to ravage Judea, and to take the people prisoners, and to kill, and to build Gedor. 1 Maccabees 15:41 And he placed there horsemen, and an army: that they might issue forth, and make incursions upon the ways of Judea, as the king had commanded him. 1 Maccabees 16:2 And Simon called his two eldest sons, Judas and John, and said to them: I and my brethren, and my father's house, have fought against the enemies of Israel from our youth even to this day: and things have prospered so well in our hands, that we have delivered Israel oftentimes. 1 Maccabees 16:3 And now I am old, but be you instead of me, and my brethren, and go out, and fight for our nation: and the help from heaven be with you. |
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