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Read›2 Maccabees›Chapter 5
In 4 translations
- KJV
- And commanded his men of war not to spare such as they met, and to slay such as went up upon the houses.
- WEB
- and commanded his soldiers to cut down without mercy those who came in their way, and to kill those who went into their houses.
- DRC
- And commanded the soldiers to kill, and not to spare any that came in their way, and to go up into the houses slay.
- LXXE
- and commanded his men of war not to spare such as they met, and to slay such as went up upon the houses.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἐκέλευσε τοῖς στρατιώταις κόπτειν ἀφειδῶς τοὺς ἐμπίπτοντας, καὶ τοὺς εἰς τὰς οἰκίας ἀναβαίνοντας κατασφάζειν.