2 Maccabees 12:6
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6 and, calling upon God, the righteous judge, attacked the murderers of his kindred. He set fire to the harbor by night, burned the boats, and massacred those who had taken refuge there.(A)
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2 Maccabees 12:9
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9 he attacked the Jamnites by night and set fire to the harbor and the fleet, so that the glow of the light was seen in Jerusalem, thirty miles[a] distant.(A)
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- 12.9 Gk two hundred forty stadia
2 Maccabees 13:15
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15 He gave his troops the watchword, “God’s victory,” and with a picked force of the bravest young men, he attacked the king’s pavilion at night and killed as many as two thousand men in the camp. He stabbed[a] the leading elephant and its rider.(A)
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- 13.15 Meaning of Gk uncertain
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