Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation but some of Simon's men were greedy, and when they were offered 140 pounds of silver, they let some of the enemy escape from the forts. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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 10:18And whereas some were fled into very strong towers, having all manner of provision to sustain a siege, 2 Maccabees 10:19 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 10:21 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. 2 Maccabees 10:22 So he put these traitors to death, and forthwith took the two towers. Context 2 Maccabees 10…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. 21But 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.… Cross References 2 Maccabees 10:18 And whereas some were fled into very strong towers, having all manner of provision to sustain a siege, 2 Maccabees 10:19 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 10:21 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. 2 Maccabees 10:22 So he put these traitors to death, and forthwith took the two towers. |