2 Maccabees 5:14 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁴ And in all the three days of the slaughter there were destroyed fourscore thousand, whereof forty thousand were slain in close combat, and no fewer were sold than slain.

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Common English Bible

¹⁴ Over a three-day period, eighty thousand people’s lives were ruined. Forty thousand were killed in hand-to-hand fighting, and no fewer than those slaughtered were sold as slaves.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ And so, over three whole days, eighty thousand were executed, forty thousand were imprisoned, and no small number were sold.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ And there were slain in the space o three whole days fourscore thousand, forty thousand were made prisoners, and as many sold.

Good News Translation (US Version)

¹⁴ Three days later Jerusalem had lost 80,000 people: 40,000 killed in the attack and at least that many taken away to be sold as slaves.

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

¹⁴ In a total of three days, eighty thousand were destroyed, of which forty thousand were slain in close combat, and no fewer were sold into slavery than slain.

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