1 Maccabees 2:46
Good News Translation
and circumcising by force every uncircumcised boy they found within the borders of Israel.

New Revised Standard Version
they forcibly circumcised all the uncircumcised boys that they found within the borders of Israel.

Contemporary English Version
They had the young boys in Israel circumcised,

New American Bible
they also forcibly circumcised any uncircumcised boys whom they found in the territory of Israel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they circumcised all the children whom they found in the confines of Israel that were uncircumcised: and they did valiantly.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And they circumcised all the children whom they found in the confines of Israel that were uncircumcised: and they did valiantly.

1 Maccabees 2:44
And they gathered an army, and slew the sinners in their wrath, and the wicked men in their indignation: and the rest fled to the nations for safety.

1 Maccabees 2:45
And Mathathias and his friends went round about, and they threw down the altars:

1 Maccabees 2:47
And they pursued after the children of pride, and the work prospered in their hands:

1 Maccabees 2:48
And they recovered the law out of the hands of the nations, and out of the hands of the kings: and they yielded not the horn to the sinner.

Context
1 Maccabees 2
45And Mathathias and his friends went round about, and they threw down the altars: 46And they circumcised all the children whom they found in the confines of Israel that were uncircumcised: and they did valiantly. 47And they pursued after the children of pride, and the work prospered in their hands:…
Cross References
1 Maccabees 2:44
And they gathered an army, and slew the sinners in their wrath, and the wicked men in their indignation: and the rest fled to the nations for safety.

1 Maccabees 2:45
And Mathathias and his friends went round about, and they threw down the altars:

1 Maccabees 2:47
And they pursued after the children of pride, and the work prospered in their hands:

1 Maccabees 2:48
And they recovered the law out of the hands of the nations, and out of the hands of the kings: and they yielded not the horn to the sinner.



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1 Maccabees 2:45
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