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Read›1 Maccabees›Chapter 6
In 4 translations
- KJV
- And, behold, this day are they besieging the tower at Jerusalem, to take it: the sanctuary also and Bethsura have they fortified.
- WEB
- Behold, they are encamped this day against the citadel at Jerusalem to take it. They have fortified the sanctuary and Bethsura.
- DRC
- And behold they have approached this day to the castle of Jerusalem to take it, and they have fortified the stronghold of Bethsura:
- LXXE
- And, behold, this day are they besieging the tower at Jerusalem, to take it: the sanctuary also and Bethsura have they fortified.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἰδοὺ παρεμβεβλήκασι σήμερον ἐπὶ τὴν ἄκραν ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ, τοῦ καταλαβέσθαι αὐτὴν, καὶ τὸ ἁγίασμα, καὶ τὴν Βαιθσούραν ὠχύρωσαν.