Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation trying to persuade them to agree to a just settlement and promising to do all he could to make the king friendly toward them. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And promised that he would agree to all things that are just, and that he would persuade the king to be their friend. 2 Maccabees 11:12And put all the rest to flight; and many of them being wounded, escaped naked: Yea, and Lysias himself fled away shamefully, and escaped. 2 Maccabees 11:13 And as he was a man of understanding, considering with himself the loss he had suffered, and perceiving that the Hebrews could not be overcome, because they relied upon the help of the Almighty God, he sent to them: 2 Maccabees 11:15 Then Machabeus consented to the request of Lysias, providing for the common good in all things; and whatsoever Machabeus wrote to Lysias, concerning the Jews, the king allowed of. 2 Maccabees 11:16 For there were letters written to the Jews from Lysias, to this effect: Lysias, to the people of the Jews, greeting. Context 2 Maccabees 11…13And as he was a man of understanding, considering with himself the loss he had suffered, and perceiving that the Hebrews could not be overcome, because they relied upon the help of the Almighty God, he sent to them: 14And promised that he would agree to all things that are just, and that he would persuade the king to be their friend. 15Then Machabeus consented to the request of Lysias, providing for the common good in all things; and whatsoever Machabeus wrote to Lysias, concerning the Jews, the king allowed of.… Cross References 2 Maccabees 11:12 And put all the rest to flight; and many of them being wounded, escaped naked: Yea, and Lysias himself fled away shamefully, and escaped. 2 Maccabees 11:13 And as he was a man of understanding, considering with himself the loss he had suffered, and perceiving that the Hebrews could not be overcome, because they relied upon the help of the Almighty God, he sent to them: 2 Maccabees 11:15 Then Machabeus consented to the request of Lysias, providing for the common good in all things; and whatsoever Machabeus wrote to Lysias, concerning the Jews, the king allowed of. 2 Maccabees 11:16 For there were letters written to the Jews from Lysias, to this effect: Lysias, to the people of the Jews, greeting. |