1 Maccabees 5:65 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Then Judas and his brothers went out and fought the descendants of Esau in the land to the south. He struck Hebron and its villages and tore down its strongholds and burned its towers on all sides.

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Common English Bible

At that time, Judas and his brothers headed out and fought Esau’s descendants in the land to the south. He struck Hebron and its villages, tore down its fortress, and burned its towers all around.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And so Judas and his brothers went out and assailed the sons of Esau, in the land that is toward the south, and he struck Hebron and her sister cities, and he burned its walls and the towers all around it with fire.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Then Judas and his brethren went forth and attacked the children of Esau, in the land toward the south, and he took Chebron, and her towns: and he burnt the walls thereof and the towers all round it.

Good News Translation (US Version)

Then Judas and his brothers went to war against the Edomites to the south. He attacked Hebron and its surrounding towns, destroyed its fortifications, and burned down the towers around it.

World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers

Judas and his kindred went out and fought against the children of Esau in the land toward the south. He struck Hebron and its villages, pulled down its strongholds, and burned its towers all around.

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

Judas and his brothers left Jerusalem with an army to invade the land south of them where the Idumeans lived. Their army surrounded the town of Hebron and its villages; then they destroyed its fortresses and burned its towers.

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