2 Maccabees 1:19

 

“For when our fathers were led into Persia, the priests that were then devout took the fire of the altar privily, and hid it in an hollow place of a pit without water, where they kept it sure, so that the place was unknown to all men.”
King James Version (KJV)



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Other Translations of 2 Maccabees 1:19

For when our fathers were led into Persia, the Priests that were then deuout, took the fire of the Altar priuily, & hid it in a hollow place of a pit without water, where they kept it sure, so that the place was vnknowen to all men.
- King James Version (1611) - Compare to scan of original 2 Maccabees chapter 1

For when our fathers were led in Persia, the priests that then were worshippers of God took privately the fire from the altar, and hid it in a valley where there was a deep pit without water, and there they kept it safe, so that the place was unknown to all men.
- Douay Rheims Bible


 


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