2 Maccabees 1:20

 

“Now after many years, when it pleased God, Neemias, being sent from the king of Persia, did send of the posterity of those priests that had hid it to the fire: but when they told us they found no fire, but thick water;”
King James Version (KJV)



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Other Translations of 2 Maccabees 1:20

Now after many yeeres, when it pleased God, Neemias being sent from the king of Persia, did send of the posteritie of those Priests that had hid it, to the fire: but when they tolde vs they found no fire, but thicke water,
- King James Version (1611) - Compare to scan of original 2 Maccabees chapter 1

But when many years had passed, and it pleased God that Nehemias should be sent by the king of Persia, he sent some of the posterity of those priests that had hid it, to seek for the fire: and as they told us, they found no fire, but thick water.
- Douay Rheims Bible


 


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