2 Maccabees 1:12
Good News Translation
but God drove the enemy from our holy city.

New Revised Standard Version
for he drove out those who fought against the holy city.

Contemporary English Version
The king's troops attacked our holy city of Jerusalem, but God forced him to retreat.

New American Bible
for it was God who drove out those who fought against the holy city.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For he made numbers of men swarm out of Persia, that have fought against us, and the holy city.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For he made numbers of men swarm out of Persia, that have fought against us, and the holy city.

2 Maccabees 1:10
In the year one hundred and eighty-eight, the people that is at Jerusalem, and in Judea, and the senate, and Judas, to Aristobolus, the preceptor of king Ptolemee, who is of the stock of the anointed priests, and to the Jews that are in Egypt, health and welfare.

2 Maccabees 1:11
Having been delivered by God out of great dangers, we give him great thanks, forasmuch as we have been in war with such a king.

2 Maccabees 1:13
For when the leader himself was in Persia, and with him a very great army, he fell in the temple of Nanea, being deceived by the counsel of the priests of Nanea.

2 Maccabees 1:14
For Antiochus, with his friends, came to the place as though he would marry her, and that he might receive great sums of money under the title of a dowry.

Context
2 Maccabees 1
11Having been delivered by God out of great dangers, we give him great thanks, forasmuch as we have been in war with such a king. 12For he made numbers of men swarm out of Persia, that have fought against us, and the holy city. 13For when the leader himself was in Persia, and with him a very great army, he fell in the temple of Nanea, being deceived by the counsel of the priests of Nanea.…
Cross References
2 Maccabees 1:10
In the year one hundred and eighty-eight, the people that is at Jerusalem, and in Judea, and the senate, and Judas, to Aristobolus, the preceptor of king Ptolemee, who is of the stock of the anointed priests, and to the Jews that are in Egypt, health and welfare.

2 Maccabees 1:11
Having been delivered by God out of great dangers, we give him great thanks, forasmuch as we have been in war with such a king.

2 Maccabees 1:13
For when the leader himself was in Persia, and with him a very great army, he fell in the temple of Nanea, being deceived by the counsel of the priests of Nanea.

2 Maccabees 1:14
For Antiochus, with his friends, came to the place as though he would marry her, and that he might receive great sums of money under the title of a dowry.



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2 Maccabees 1:11
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