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Read›1 Maccabees›Chapter 4
In 4 translations
- KJV
- And they set there a garrison to keep it, and fortified Bethsura to preserve it; that the people might have a defence against Idumea.
- WEB
- Judas stationed a garrison to guard it. They fortified Bethsura to keep it, that the people might have a stronghold near Idumaea.
- DRC
- And he placed a garrison there to keep it, and he fortified it to secure Bethsura, that the people might have a defence against Idumea.
- LXXE
- And they set there a garrison to keep it, and fortified Bethsura to preserve it; that the people might have a defence against Idumea.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἐπέταξεν ἐκεῖ δύναμιν τηρεῖν αὐτὸ, καὶ ὠχύρωσαν αὐτὸ τηρεῖν τὴν Βαιθσούραν, τοῦ ἔχειν τὸν λαὸν ὀχύρωμα κατὰ πρόσωπον τῆς Ἰδουμαίας.