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Read›1 Maccabees›Chapter 4
In 4 translations
- KJV
- To the end he might rush in upon the camp of the Jews, and smite them suddenly. And the men of the fortress were his guides.
- WEB
- that it might fall upon the army of the Jews and strike them suddenly. The men of the citadel were his guides.
- DRC
- That they might come upon the camp of the Jews, and strike them suddenly: and the men that were of the castle were their guides.
- LXXE
- to the end he might rush in upon the camp of the Jews, and smite them suddenly. And the men of the fortress were his guides.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- ὥστε ἐπιβαλεῖν ἐπὶ τὴν παρεμβολὴν τῶν Ἰουδαίων, καὶ πατάξαι αὐτοὺς ἄφνω· καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ τῆς ἄκρας ἦσαν αὐτῷ ὁδηγοί.