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LXX

2 Maccabees 12:23

Judas also was very earnest in pursuing them, killing those wicked wretches, of whom he slew about thirty thousand men.

Parallel Translations

LXX2012View canonical →
Judas also was very earnest in pursuing them, killing those wicked wretches, of whom he killed about thirty thousand men.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
Judas also was very earnest in pursuing them, killing those wicked wretches, of whom he slew about thirty thousand men.
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
Judas continued the pursuit more vigorously, putting the wicked wretches to the sword, and he destroyed as many as thirty thousand men.
World English Bible