2 Maccabees 15:18 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹⁸ For the care that they took for their wives, and their children, their brethren, and kinsfolk, was in least account with them: but the greatest and principal fear was for the holy temple.

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Common English Bible

¹⁸ They weren’t as concerned for their women and children, or their brothers and relatives, as they were for the holy temple.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ For their concern was less for their wives and sons, and likewise less for their brothers and relatives; in truth, their greatest and first fear was for the sanctity of the temple.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ For their concern was less for their wives, and children, and for their brethren, and kinsfolks: but their greatest and principal fear was for the holiness of the temple.

Good News Translation (US Version)

¹⁸ They were not so concerned about their own families and relatives as they were about their sacred Temple.

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

¹⁸ For their fear for wives and children, and furthermore for family and relatives, was less important to them; but greatest and first was their fear for the consecrated sanctuary.

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

¹⁸ In fact, they went into battle so concerned about the sacred temple, that they gave no thought to their own families.

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