1 Maccabees 3:38 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

³⁸ And Lysias chose Ptolemy the son of Dorymenes, and Nicanor, and Gorgias, mighty men of the king's Friends;

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Common English Bible

³⁸ Lysias selected Ptolemy, Dorymenes’ son, as well as Nicanor and Gorgias, two able men who were among the king’s chief political advisors.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁸ Then Lysias chose Ptolemy, the son of Dorymenes, and Nicanor and Gorgias, powerful men from among the king's friends.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁸ Then Lysias chose Ptolemee the son of Dorymenus, and Nicanor, and Gorgias, mighty men of the king's friends.

Good News Translation (US Version)

³⁸ Lysias chose Nicanor, Gorgias, and Ptolemy son of Dorymenes as army commanders; all three were able men who bore the title “Friend of the King.”

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

³⁸ Lysias chose Ptolemy the son of Dorymenes, Nicanor, and Gorgias, mighty men of the king’s friends;

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