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Read›2 Maccabees›Chapter 12
In 4 translations
- KJV
- And when the town was shut up, he went backward, as if he would return to root out all them of the city of Joppa.
- WEB
- But when the town gates were closed, he withdrew, intending to come again to root out the whole community of the men of Joppa.
- DRC
- And when he had done these things in this manner, he departed as if he would return again, and root out all the Joppites.
- LXXE
- And when the town was shut up, he went backward, as if he would return to root out all them of the city of Joppe.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Τοῦ δὲ χωρίου συγκλεισθέντος, ἀνέλυσεν, ὡς πάλιν ἥξων καὶ τὸ σύμπαν τῶν Ἰοππιτῶν ἐκριζῶσαι πολίτευμα.