2 Maccabees 13:18 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹⁸ Now when the king had taken a taste of the manliness of the Jews, he went about to take the holds by policy,

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Common English Bible

¹⁸ Having received a taste of the Jews’ courage, the king made an attempt on their military positions through other tricks.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ But the king, having received a taste of the audacity of the Jews, attempted to take the difficult places by craftiness.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ But the king having taken

Good News Translation (US Version)

¹⁸ This taste of Jewish daring was enough to convince King Antiochus that he had to find some better way of capturing the Jewish positions.

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

¹⁸ But the king, having had a taste of the exceeding boldness of the Jews, made strategic attacks on their positions,

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