2 Maccabees 1:16

 

“And opening a privy door of the roof, they threw stones like thunderbolts, and struck down the captain, hewed them in pieces, smote off their heads and cast them to those that were without.”
King James Version (KJV)



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Other Translations of 2 Maccabees 1:16

And opening a priuie doore of the roofe, they threw stones like thunderbolts, and stroke downe the captaine, hewed them in pieces, smote off their heads, and cast them to those that were without.
- King James Version (1611) - Compare to scan of original 2 Maccabees chapter 1

When Antiochus was came in: and opening a secret entrance of the temple, they cast stones and slew the leader, and them that were with him, and hewed them in pieces, and cutting off their heads they threw them forth.
- Douay Rheims Bible


 


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