Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation So he attacked Jamnia at night, setting fire to its harbor and the ships there. The flames could be seen as far as Jerusalem, thirty miles away. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge He came upon the Jamnites also by night, and set the haven on fire, with the ships, so that the light of the fire was seen at Jerusalem, two hundred and forty furlongs off. 2 Maccabees 12:7And when he had done these things in this manner, he departed as if he would return again, and root out all the Joppites. 2 Maccabees 12:8 But when he understood that the men of Jamnia also designed to do in like manner to the Jews that dwelt among them, 2 Maccabees 12:10 And when they were now gone from thence nine furlongs, and were marching towards Timotheus, five thousand footmen, and five hundred horsemen of the Arabians, set upon them. 2 Maccabees 12:11 And after a hard fight, in which, by the help of God, they got the victory, the rest of the Arabians being overcome, besought Judas for peace, promising to give him pastures, and to assist him in other things. Context 2 Maccabees 12…8But when he understood that the men of Jamnia also designed to do in like manner to the Jews that dwelt among them, 9He came upon the Jamnites also by night, and set the haven on fire, with the ships, so that the light of the fire was seen at Jerusalem, two hundred and forty furlongs off. 10And when they were now gone from thence nine furlongs, and were marching towards Timotheus, five thousand footmen, and five hundred horsemen of the Arabians, set upon them.… Cross References 2 Maccabees 12:7 And when he had done these things in this manner, he departed as if he would return again, and root out all the Joppites. 2 Maccabees 12:8 But when he understood that the men of Jamnia also designed to do in like manner to the Jews that dwelt among them, 2 Maccabees 12:10 And when they were now gone from thence nine furlongs, and were marching towards Timotheus, five thousand footmen, and five hundred horsemen of the Arabians, set upon them. 2 Maccabees 12:11 And after a hard fight, in which, by the help of God, they got the victory, the rest of the Arabians being overcome, besought Judas for peace, promising to give him pastures, and to assist him in other things. |