2 Maccabees 10:19
Good News Translation
Judas had to go on to some other places in the country, where he was more urgently needed, but he left behind Simon and Joseph, together with Zacchaeus and his men. This force was large enough to continue the siege,

New Revised Standard Version
Maccabeus left Simon and Joseph, and also Zacchaeus and his troops, a force sufficient to besiege them; and he himself set off for places where he was more urgently needed.

Contemporary English Version
So Judas ordered his brothers Simon and Joseph, along with an officer named Zacchaeus and his troops, to surround these towers. And since they had enough soldiers to capture the towers, Judas left for other parts of the country that needed his help even more.

New American Bible
Maccabeus left Simon and Joseph, along with Zacchaeus and his forces, in sufficient numbers to besiege them, while he himself went off to places where he was more urgently needed.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Machabeus left Simon and Joseph, and Zacheus, and them that were with them, in sufficient number to besiege them, and departed to those expeditions which urged more.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Machabeus left Simon and Joseph, and Zacheus, and them that were with them, in sufficient number to besiege them, and departed to those expeditions which urged more.

2 Maccabees 10:17
And assaulting them with great force, won the holds, killed them that came in the way, and slew altogether no fewer than twenty thousand.

2 Maccabees 10:18
And whereas some were fled into very strong towers, having all manner of provision to sustain a siege,

2 Maccabees 10:20
Now they that were with Simon, being led with covetousness, were persuaded for the sake of money by some that were in the towers: and taking seventy thousand didrachmas, let some of them escape.

2 Maccabees 10:21
But when it was told Machabeus what was done, he assembled the rulers of the people, and accused those men that they had sold their brethren for money, having let their adversaries escape.

Context
2 Maccabees 10
18And whereas some were fled into very strong towers, having all manner of provision to sustain a siege, 19Machabeus left Simon and Joseph, and Zacheus, and them that were with them, in sufficient number to besiege them, and departed to those expeditions which urged more. 20Now they that were with Simon, being led with covetousness, were persuaded for the sake of money by some that were in the towers: and taking seventy thousand didrachmas, let some of them escape.…
Cross References
2 Maccabees 10:17
And assaulting them with great force, won the holds, killed them that came in the way, and slew altogether no fewer than twenty thousand.

2 Maccabees 10:18
And whereas some were fled into very strong towers, having all manner of provision to sustain a siege,

2 Maccabees 10:20
Now they that were with Simon, being led with covetousness, were persuaded for the sake of money by some that were in the towers: and taking seventy thousand didrachmas, let some of them escape.

2 Maccabees 10:21
But when it was told Machabeus what was done, he assembled the rulers of the people, and accused those men that they had sold their brethren for money, having let their adversaries escape.



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