Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Then a Jew from the city of Tob, a powerful cavalry soldier by the name of Dositheus, grabbed Gorgias by his cloak and started dragging him away by brute force, intending to take the worthless man alive. But suddenly one from the Thracian cavalry rushed at Dositheus and chopped off his arm, allowing Gorgias to escape to the city of Marisa. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge But Dositheus, a horseman, one of Bacenor's band, a valiant man, took hold of Gorgias: and when he would have taken him alive, a certain horseman of the Thracians came upon him, and cut off his shoulder: and so Gorgias escaped to Maresa. 2 Maccabees 12:33And he came out with three thousand footmen and four hundred horsemen. 2 Maccabees 12:34 And when they had joined battle, it happened that a few of the Jews were slain. 2 Maccabees 12:36 But when they that were with Esdrin had fought long, and were weary, Judas called upon the Lord to be their helper, and leader of the battle: 2 Maccabees 12:37 Then beginning in his own language, and singing hymns with a loud voice, he put Gorgias's soldiers to flight. Context 2 Maccabees 12…34And when they had joined battle, it happened that a few of the Jews were slain. 35But Dositheus, a horseman, one of Bacenor's band, a valiant man, took hold of Gorgias: and when he would have taken him alive, a certain horseman of the Thracians came upon him, and cut off his shoulder: and so Gorgias escaped to Maresa. 36But when they that were with Esdrin had fought long, and were weary, Judas called upon the Lord to be their helper, and leader of the battle:… Cross References 2 Maccabees 12:33 And he came out with three thousand footmen and four hundred horsemen. 2 Maccabees 12:34 And when they had joined battle, it happened that a few of the Jews were slain. 2 Maccabees 12:36 But when they that were with Esdrin had fought long, and were weary, Judas called upon the Lord to be their helper, and leader of the battle: 2 Maccabees 12:37 Then beginning in his own language, and singing hymns with a loud voice, he put Gorgias's soldiers to flight. |