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2 Maccabees 5:12 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" and commanded his soldiers to cut down without mercy those who came in their way, and to kill those who went into their houses. "

2 Maccabees 5:12

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10 He who had thrown out a multitude unburied had none to mourn for him. He didn’t have any funeral at all and no place in the tomb of his ancestors.

11 Now when news came to the king concerning that which was done, he thought that Judea was in revolt. So, setting out from Egypt in a rage, he took the city by force of weapons,

12 and commanded his soldiers to cut down without mercy those who came in their way, and to kill those who went into their houses.

13 Then there was killing of young and old, destruction of boys, women, and children, and slaying of virgins and infants.

14 In a total of three days, eighty thousand were destroyed, of which forty thousand were slain in close combat, and no fewer were sold into slavery than slain.

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1 Maccabees 8:10

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"but this became known to them, and they sent against them a general who fought against them, and many of them fell down wounded to death, and they made captive their wives and their children, and plundered them, and conquered their land, and pulled down their strongholds, and plundered them, and brought them into bondage to this day."

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2 Chronicles 36:17

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"Therefore he brought on them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or infirm. He gave them all into his hand."

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2 Maccabees 5:1

"Now about this time Antiochus made his second invasion into Egypt."

2 Maccabees 5:2

"It happened that throughout all the city, for almost forty days, cavalry appeared in the midst of the sky in swift motion, wearing robes woven with gold and carrying spears, equipped with troops for battle—"

2 Maccabees 5:3

"drawing swords, squadrons of cavalry in array, encounters and pursuits of both armies, shaking shields, multitudes of lances, throwing of missiles, flashing of golden trappings, and putting on all sorts of armor."

2 Maccabees 5:4

"Therefore everyone prayed that the manifestation might have been given for good."

2 Maccabees 5:5

"When a false rumor had arisen that Antiochus was dead, Jason took not less than a thousand men, and suddenly made an assault upon the city. When those who were on the wall were being routed, and the city was at length nearly taken, Menelaus took refuge in the citadel."

2 Maccabees 5:6

"But Jason slaughtered his own citizens without mercy, not considering that good success against kinsmen is the greatest misfortune, but supposing himself to be setting up trophies over enemies, and not over fellow countrymen."

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