2 Maccabees 12:25-27
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
25 And when with many words he had confirmed his solemn promise to restore them unharmed, they let him go, for the sake of saving their brethren.
Judas Wins Other Victories
26 Then Judas[a] marched against Car′naim and the temple of Atar′gatis, and slaughtered twenty-five thousand people. 27 After the rout and destruction of these, he marched also against Ephron, a fortified city where Lys′ias dwelt with multitudes of people of all nationalities.[b] Stalwart young men took their stand before the walls and made a vigorous defense; and great stores of war engines and missiles were there.
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- 2 Maccabees 12:26 Gk he
- 2 Maccabees 12:27 The Greek text of this sentence is uncertain
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