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Read›1 Maccabees›Chapter 6
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Wherefore he came and sought to take the city, and to spoil it; but he was not able, because they of the city, having had warning thereof,
- WEB
- So he came and tried to take the city and to pillage it; and he was not able, because his plan was known to them of the city,
- DRC
- Lo, he came, and sought to take the city and to pillage it: But he was not able, because the design was known to them that were in the city.
- LXXE
- wherefore he came and sought to take the city, and to spoil it; but he was not able, because they of the city, having had warning thereof,
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἦλθε καὶ ἐζήτει καταλαβέσθαι τὴν πόλιν, καὶ προνομεῦσαι αὐτὴν, καὶ οὐκ ἠδυνάσθη, ὅτι ἐγνώσθη ὁ λόγος τοῖς ἐκ τῆς πόλεως.