2 Maccabees 13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021(NRSVUE)

2 Maccabees 13Menelaus Is Put to Death

1 in his father’s time.

10But when Judas heard of this, he ordered the people to call upon the Lord day and night, now if ever to help those who were on the point of being deprived of the law and their country and the holy temple,

11and not to let the people who had just begun to revive fall into the hands of the blasphemous nations.

12 the leading elephant and its rider.

16In the end, they filled the camp with terror and confusion and withdrew in triumph.

17 and was defeated.

20Judas sent in to the garrison whatever was necessary.

21But Rhodocus, a man from the ranks of the Jews, gave secret information to the enemy; he was sought for, caught, and put in prison.

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26v 2; 1 Macc 3.37; 6.63Lysias took the public platform, made the best possible defense, convinced them, appeased them, gained their goodwill, and set out for Antioch. This is how the king’s attack and withdrawal turned out.