2 Maccabees 10:17 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition and assaulting them strongly, they won the holds, and kept off all that fought upon the wall, and slew all that fell into their hands, and killed no fewer than twenty thousand. More versionsCommon English Bible After mounting a vigorous attack, they gained control of all the sites and held off those fighting on the wall. They slaughtered all those they encountered, killing at least twenty thousand. Catholic Public Domain Version And, persevering with much force, they obtained the places, killing those they met, and cutting down in all no less than twenty thousand. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And assaulting them with great force, won the holds, killed them that came in the way, and slew altogether no fewer than twenty thousand. Good News Translation (US Version) They beat back those who were defending the walls and captured the fortresses, killing everyone they found, a total of about 20,000 people. World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers Assaulting them vigorously, they took control of the positions, and kept off all who fought upon the wall, and killed those whom they encountered, killing no fewer than twenty thousand. Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition They made violent attacks on them and forced the enemy soldiers to retreat from their positions on the walls. Then after they had captured these places, they killed everyone they could. At least 20,000 of their enemies died. |