Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation The people assembled and laid siege to the fort in the year 150. They built siege platforms and battering rams. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And they came together, and besieged them in the year one hundred and fifty, and they made battering slings and engines. 1 Maccabees 6:18Now they that were in the castle, had shut up the Israelites round about the holy places: and they were continually seeking their hurt, and to strengthen the Gentiles. 1 Maccabees 6:19 And Judas purposed to destroy them: and he called together all the people, to besiege them. 1 Maccabees 6:21 And some of the besieged got out: and some wicked men of Israel joined themselves unto them. 1 Maccabees 6:22 And they went to the king, and said: How long dost thou delay to execute judgment, and to revenge our brethren? Context 1 Maccabees 6…19And Judas purposed to destroy them: and he called together all the people, to besiege them. 20And they came together, and besieged them in the year one hundred and fifty, and they made battering slings and engines. 21And some of the besieged got out: and some wicked men of Israel joined themselves unto them.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 6:18 Now they that were in the castle, had shut up the Israelites round about the holy places: and they were continually seeking their hurt, and to strengthen the Gentiles. 1 Maccabees 6:19 And Judas purposed to destroy them: and he called together all the people, to besiege them. 1 Maccabees 6:21 And some of the besieged got out: and some wicked men of Israel joined themselves unto them. 1 Maccabees 6:22 And they went to the king, and said: How long dost thou delay to execute judgment, and to revenge our brethren? |