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10:1 Machabaeus autem, et qui cum eo erant, Domino se protegente, templum quidem et civitatem recepit :
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- A.M. 3840, A.C. 164.
*H But Machabeus, and they that were with him, by the protection of the Lord, recovered the temple and the city again.
Ver. 1. City. He had done both before the death of Epiphanes, (C.) after the fourth battle against Lysias. 1 B. iv. W. — The author has given the journey and death of Antiochus together, and now returns to his subject.
Μακκαβαῖος δὲ καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ, τοῦ Κυρίου προάγοντος αὐτοὺς, τὸ μὲν ἱερὸν ἐκομίσαντο καὶ τὴν πόλιν,
10:2 aras autem quas alienigenae per plateas exstruxerant, itemque delubra demolitus est :
*H But he threw down the altars which the heathens had set up in the streets, as also the temples of the idols.
Ver. 2. Altars. Such were erected before the houses. 1 B. i. 50. Jer. xi. 13.
τοὺς δὲ κατὰ τὴν ἀγορὰν βωμοὺς ὑπὸ τῶν ἀλλοφύλων δεδημιουργημένους, ἔτι δὲ τεμένη καθεῖλον.
10:3 et purgato templo, aliud altare fecerunt, et de ignitis lapidibus igne concepto sacrificia obtulerunt post biennium, et incensum, et lucernas, et panes propositionis posuerunt.
*H And having purified the temple, they made another altar: and taking fire out of the fiery stones, they offered sacrifices after two years, and set forth incense, and lamps, and the loaves of proposition.
Ver. 3. Stones; "heated," (Gr. Syr. Serar.) or by miracle, (Arab. Gorion. T.) or striking fire with a flint upon tinder. In this manner the Church still renews fire on Holy Saturday. The Jews could not use profane fire in the temple. Lev. x. 1. God restored the sacred fire by miracle. C. i. 18. &c. Pagans have had many superstitious customs with regard to fire. C.
Καὶ τὸν νεὼν καθαρίσαντες, ἕτερον θυσιαστήριον ἐποίησαν, καὶ πυρώσαντες λίθους, καὶ πῦρ ἐκ τούτων λαβόντες, ἀνήνεγκαν θυσίαν μετὰ διετῆ χρόνον, καὶ θυμίαμα καὶ λύχνους, καὶ τῶν ἄρτων τὴν πρόθεσιν ἐποιήσαντο.
10:4 Quibus gestis, rogabant Dominum prostrati in terram, ne amplius talibus malis inciderent : sed et, siquando peccassent, ut ab ipso mitius corriperentur, et non barbaris ac blasphemis hominibus traderentur.
And when they had done these things, they besought the Lord, lying prostrate on the ground, that they might no more fall into such evils; but if they should at any time sin, that they might be chastised by him more gently, and not be delivered up to barbarians and blasphemous men.
Ταῦτα δὲ ποιήσαντες ἠξίωσαν τὸν Κύριον πεσόντες ἐπὶ κοιλίαν, μηκέτι περιπεσεῖν τοιούτοις κακοῖς, ἀλλʼ ἐάν ποτε καὶ ἁμάρτωσιν, ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ μετʼ ἐπιεικείας παιδεύεσθαι, καὶ μὴ βλασφήμοις καὶ βαρβάροις ἔθνεσι παραδίδοσθαι.
10:5 Qua die autem templum ab alienigenis pollutum fuerat, contigit eadem die purificationem fieri, vigesima quinta mensis qui fuit Casleu.
Now upon the same day that the temple had been polluted by the strangers on the very same day it was cleansed again; to wit, on the five and twentieth day of the month of Casleu.
Ἐν ᾗ δὲ ἡμέρᾳ ὁ νεὼς ὑπὸ ἀλλοφύλων ἐβεβηλώθη, συνέβη κατὰ τὴν αὐτὴν ἡμέραν τὸν καθαρισμὸν γενέσθαι τοῦ ναοῦ, τῇ πέμπτῃ καὶ εἰκάδι τοῦ αὐτοῦ μηνὸς, ὅς ἐστι Χασελεῦ.
10:6 Et cum laetitia diebus octo egerunt in modum tabernaculorum, recordantes quod ante modicum temporis diem solemnem tabernaculorum in montibus et in speluncis more bestiarum egerant.
*H And they kept eight days with joy, after the manner of the feast of the tabernacles, remembering that not long before they had kept the feast of the tabernacles when they were in the mountains, and in dens like wild beasts.
Ver. 6. Manner, with the like ceremonies and solemnity. C. — Green branches might be procured in November and December, as those months in Palestine are as fine as our spring. Roger.
Καὶ μετʼ εὐφροσύνης ἦγον ἡμέρας ὀκτὼ σκηνωμάτων τρόπον, μνημονεύοντες ὡς πρὸ μικροῦ χρόνου τὴν τῶν σκηνῶν ἑορτὴν ἐν τοῖς ὄρεσι καὶ ἐν τοῖς σπηλαίοις θηρίων τρόπον ἦσαν νεμόμενοι.
10:7 Propter quod thyrsos, et ramos virides, et palmas praeferebant ei qui prosperavit mundari locum suum.
*H Therefore they now carried boughs and green branches and palms, for him that had given them good success in cleansing his place.
Ver. 7. Green. Gr. "beautiful;" probably the orange tree. Lev. xxiii. 40. See diss. on mandrakes. C. H.
Διὸ θύρσους καὶ κλάδους ὡραίους, ἔτι δὲ φοίνικας ἔχοντες, ὕμνους ἀνέφερον τῷ εὐοδώσαντι καθαρισθῆναι τὸν ἑαυτοῦ τόπον.
10:8 Et decreverunt communi praecepto et decreto universae genti Judaeorum omnibus annis agere dies istos.
*H And they ordained by a common statute, and decree, that all the nation of the Jews should keep those days every year.
Ver. 8. Days. Beza allows that Christ complied. Jo. x. It is wonderful then that Prot. should reject this book.
Ἐδογμάτισαν δὲ μετὰ κοινοῦ προστάγματος καὶ ψηφίσματος παντὶ τῷ τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἔθνει κατʼ ἐνιαυτὸν ἄγειν τάσδε τὰς ἡμέρας.
10:9 Et Antiochi quidem, qui appellatus est Nobilis, vitae excessus ita se habuit.
*H And this was the end of Antiochus, that was called the Illustrious.
Ver. 9. Illustrious. Go to 1 B. v. 1. W.
Καὶ τὰ μὲν τῆς Ἀντιόχου τοῦ προσαγορευθέντος Ἐπιφανοῦς τελευτῆς οὕτως εἶχε.
10:10 Nunc autem de Eupatore Antiochi impii filio quae gesta sunt narrabimus, breviantes mala quae in bellis gesta sunt.
But now we will repeat the acts of Eupator, the son of that wicked Antiochus, abridging the account of the evils that happened in the wars.
Νυνὶ δὲ τὰ κατὰ τὸν Εὐπάτορα Ἀντίοχον, υἱὸν δὲ τοῦ ἀσεβοῦς γενόμενον, δηλώσομεν, αὐτά συντέμνοντες τὰ τῶν πολέμων κακά.
10:11 Hic enim suscepto regno, constituit super negotia regni Lysiam quemdam, Phoenicis et Syriae militiae principem.
*H For when he was come to the crown, he appointed over the affairs of his realm one Lysias, general of the army of Phenicia and Syria.
Ver. 11. Appointed. So Lysias gave out. C. ix. 29. He had been governor before the journey of Epiphanes. 1 B. iii. 32.
Αὐτὸς γὰρ παραλαβὼν βασιλείαν, ἀνέδειξεν ἐπὶ τῶν πραγμάτων Λυσίαν τινά, κοίλης δὲ Συρίας καὶ Φοινίκης στρατηγὸν πρώταρχον.
10:12 Nam Ptolemaeus, qui dicebatur Macer, justi tenax erga Judaeos esse constituit, et praecipue propter iniquitatem quae facta erat in eos, et pacifice agere cum eis.
*H For Ptolemee, that was called Macer, was determined to be strictly just to the Jews and especially by reason of the wrong that had been done them, and to deal peaceably with them.
Ver. 12. Macer, "lean." Gr. makros, "tall." See C. iv. 45. and viii. 8. Polybius styles him "a prudent and active man." C.
Πτολεμαῖος γὰρ ὁ καλούμενος Μάκρων τὸ δίκαιον συντηρεῖν προηγούμενος εἰς τοὺς Ἰουδαίους διὰ τὴν γεγονυῖαν εἰς αὐτοὺς ἀδικίαν, καί ἐπειρᾶτο τὰ πρὸς αὐτοὺς εἰρηνικῶς διεξάγειν.
10:13 Sed ob hoc accusatus ab amicis apud Eupatorem, cum frequenter proditor audiret, eo quod Cyprum creditam sibi a Philometore deseruisset, et ad Antiochum Nobilem translatus etiam ab eo recessisset, veneno vitam finivit.
*H But being accused for this to Eupator by his friends, and being oftentimes called traitor, because he had left Cyprus, which Philometor had committed to him, and coming over to Antiochus the Illustrious, had revolted also from him, he put an end to his life by poison.
Ver. 13. Revolted. So they interpreted (H.) his disapprobation of the cruelties exercised upon the Jews. C. — Gr. "had not yet any honourable place o[] power entrusted to him, being dispirited, he," &c. H. — It is never a proof of fortitude, but of pusillanimity, to kill oneself to get rid of temporal misery. But it is very heroical to die willingly for God's glory.
Ὅθεν κατηγορούμενος ὑπὸ τῶν φίλων πρὸς τὸν Εὐπάτορα, καὶ προδότης παρέκαστα ἀκούων, διὰ τὸ τὴν Κύπρον ἐμπιστευθέντα ὑπὸ τοῦ Φιλομήτορος ἐκλιπεῖν, καὶ πρὸς Ἀντίοχον τὸν Ἐπιφανῆ ἀναχωρῆσαι, μήτʼ εὐγενῆ τὴν ἐξουσίαν ἔχων, ὑπʼ ἀθυμίας φαρμακεύσας ἑαυτὸν ἐξέλιπε τὸν βίον.
10:14 Gorgias autem cum esset dux locorum, assumptis advenis, frequenter Judaeos debellabat.
*H But Gorgias, who was governor of the holds, taking with him the strangers, often fought against the Jews.
Ver. 14. Gorgias, who had been defeated. 1 B. iv. W. — He was an experienced captain in Idumea, and the country south of Carmel. C. — Fought. Gr. "prolonged the war." Grot.
Γοργίας δὲ γενόμενος στρατηγὸς τῶν τόπων, ἐξενοτρόφει, καὶ παρέκαστα πρὸς τοὺς Ἰουδαίους ἐπολεμοτρόφει,
10:15 Judaei vero qui tenebant opportunas munitiones, fugatos ab Jerosolymis suscipiebant, et bellare tentabant.
*H And the Jews that occupied the most commodious holds, received those that were driven out of Jerusalem, and attempted to make war.
Ver. 15. The Jews, &c. He speaks of them that had fallen from their religion, and were enemies of their country, who joining with the Idumeans or Edomites, kept possession of the strong holds, and from thence annoyed their countrymen. Ch. — Gr. and Syr. "Idumeans," who appear in the sequel.
Ὁμοῦ δὲ τούτῳ καὶ οἱ Ἰδουμαῖοι ἐγκρατεῖς ἐπικαίρων ὀχυρωμάτων ὄντες, ἐγύμναζον τοὺς Ἰουδαίους, καὶ τοὺς φυγαδευθέντας ἀπὸ Ἰεροσολύμων προσλαβόμενοι πολεμοτροφεῖν ἐπεχείρουν.
10:16 Hi vero qui erant cum Machabaeo, per orationes Dominum rogantes ut esset sibi adjutor, impetum fecerunt in munitiones Idumaeorum :
Then they that were with Machabeus, beseeching the Lord by prayers to be their helper, made a strong attack upon the strong holds of the Idumeans:
Οἱ δὲ περὶ τὸν Μακκαβαῖον, ποιησάμενοι λιτανείαν, καὶ ἀξιώσαντες τὸν Θεὸν σύμμαχον αὐτοῖς γενέσθαι, ἐπὶ τὰ τῶν Ἰδουμαίων ὀχυρώματα ὥρμησαν,
10:17 multaque vi insistentes, loca obtinuerunt, occurrentes interemerunt, et omnes simul non minus viginti millibus trucidaverunt.
And assaulting them with great force, won the holds, killed them that came in the way, and slew altogether no fewer than twenty thousand.
οἷς καὶ προσβαλόντες εὐρώστως, ἐγκρατεῖς ἐγένοντο τῶν τόπων, πάντας τε τοὺς ἐπὶ τῷ τείχει μαχομένους ἠμύναντο· κατέσφαζόν δε τοὺς ἐμπίπτοντας, ἀνεῖλον δὲ οὐχ ἧττον τῶν δισμυρίων.
10:18 Quidam autem cum confugissent in duas turres valde munitas, omnem apparatum ad repugnandum habentes,
*H And whereas some were fled into very strong towers, having all manner of provision to sustain a siege,
Ver. 18. Some; probably the sons of Bean. 1 B. v. 4.
Συμφυγόντων δὲ οὐκ ἔλαττον τῶν ἐννακισχιλίων εἰς δύο πύργους ὀχυροὺς εὖ μάλα, καὶ πάντα τὰ πρὸς πολιορκίαν ἔχοντας,
10:19 Machabaeus ad eorum expugnationem relicto Simone, et Josepho, itemque Zachaeo, eisque qui cum ipsis erant satis multis, ipse ad eas quae amplius perurgebant pugnas conversus est.
Machabeus left Simon and Joseph, and Zacheus, and them that were with them, in sufficient number to besiege them, and departed to those expeditions which urged more.
ὁ Μακκαβαῖος εἰς ἐπείγοντας τόπους ἀπολιπὼν Σίμωνα καὶ Ἰώσηφον, ἔτι δὲ καὶ Ζακχαῖον καὶ τοὺς σὺν αὐτῷ ἱκανοὺς πρὸς τὴν τούτων πολιορκίαν, αὐτὸς ἐχωρίσθη.
10:20 Hi vero qui cum Simone erant, cupiditate ducti, a quibusdam qui in turribus erant, suasi sunt pecunia : et septuaginta millibus didrachmis acceptis, dimiserunt quosdam effugere.
Now they that were with Simon, being led with covetousness, were persuaded for the sake of money by some that were in the towers: and taking seventy thousand didrachmas, let some of them escape.
Οἱ δὲ περὶ τὸν Σίμωνα φιλαργυρήσαντες ὑπό τινων τῶν ἐν τοῖς πύργοις ἐπείσθησαν ἀργυρίῳ· ἑπτάκις δὲ μυριάδας δραχμὰς λαβόντες, εἴασάν τινας διαῤῥυῆναι.
10:21 Cum autem Machabaeo nuntiatum esset quod factum est, principibus populi congregatis accusavit quod pecunia fratres vendidissent, adversariis eorum dimissis.
But when it was told Machabeus what was done, he assembled the rulers of the people, and accused those men that they had sold their brethren for money, having let their adversaries escape.
Προσαγγελθέντος δὲ τῷ Μακκαβαίῳ περὶ τοῦ γεγονότος, συναγαγὼν τοὺς ἡγουμένους τοῦ λαοῦ, κατηγόρησεν ὡς ἀργυρίου πεπράκασι τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς, τοὺς πολεμίους κατʼ αὐτῶν ἀπολύσαντες.
10:22 Hos igitur proditores factos interfecit, et confestim duas turres occupavit.
So he put these traitors to death, and forthwith took the two towers.
Τούτους μὲν οὖν προδότας γενομένους ἀπέκτεινε, καὶ παραχρῆμα τοὺς δύο πύργους κατελάβετο.
10:23 Armis autem ac manibus omnia prospere agendo in duabus munitionibus plus quam viginti millia peremit.
*H And having good success in arms, and all things he took in hand, he slew more than twenty thousand in the two holds.
Ver. 23. Holds; strong places, defended with towers. Some Judas burnt. C.
Τοῖς δὲ ὅπλοις τὰ πάντα ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν εὐοδούμενος, ἀπώλεσεν ἐν τοῖς δυσὶν ὀχυρώμασι πλείους τῶν δισμυρίων.
10:24 At Timotheus, qui prius a Judaeis fuerat superatus, convocato exercitu peregrinae multitudinis, et congregato equitatu Asiano, advenit quasi armis Judaeam capturus.
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Then he passed over to the children of Ammon, where he found a mighty power, and much people, and Timotheus was their captain:
*H But Timotheus, who before had been overcome by the Jews, having called together a multitude of foreign troops, and assembled horsemen out of Asia, came as though he would take Judea by force of arms.
Ver. 24. Timotheus, who had been defeated (1 B. viii. 30. W.) soon after Nicanor.
Τιμόθεος δὲ ὁ πρότερον ἡττηθεὶς ὑπὸ τῶν Ἰουδαίων, συναγαγὼν ξένας δυνάμεις παμπληθεῖς, καὶ τοὺς τῆς Ἀσίας γενομένους ἵππους συναθροίσας οὐκ ὀλίγους, παρῆν ὡς δοριάλωτον ληψόμενος τὴν Ἰουδαίαν.
10:25 Machabaeus autem et qui cum ipso erant, appropinquante illo, deprecabantur Dominum, caput terra aspergentes, lumbosque ciliciis praecincti,
But Machabeus, and they that were with him, when he drew near, prayed to the Lord, sprinkling earth upon their heads, and girding their loins with haircloth,
Οἱ δὲ περὶ τὸν Μακκαβαῖον, συνεγγίζοντος αὐτοῦ, πρὸς ἱκετείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐτράπησαν, γῇ τὰς κεφαλὰς καταπάσαντες, καὶ τὰς ὀσφύας σάκκοις ζώσαντες,
10:26 ad altaris crepidinem provoluti, ut sibi propitius, inimicis autem eorum esset inimicus, et adversariis adversaretur, sicut lex dicit.
*H And lying prostrate at the foot of the altar, besought him to be merciful to them, and to be an enemy to their enemies, and an adversary to their adversaries, as the law saith.
Ver. 26. Altar, between it and the porch. Joel ii. 17. — Law. Ex. xxiii. 22. Lev. xxvi. 7. Deut. vii. 15. C.
ἐπὶ τὴν ἀπέναντι τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου κρηπίδα προσπεσόντες, ἠξίουν ἵλεων αὐτοῖς γενόμενον ἐχθρεῦσαι τοῖς ἐχθροῖς αὐτῶν, καὶ ἀντικεῖσθαι τοῖς ἀντικειμένοις, καθὼς ὁ νόμος διασαφεῖ.
10:27 Et ita post orationem, sumptis armis, longius de civitate procedentes, et proximi hostibus effecti, resederunt.
And so after prayer taking their arms, they went forth further from the city, and when they were come very near the enemies they rested.
Γενόμενοι δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς δεήσεως, ἀναλαβόντες τὰ ὅπλα, προῆγον ἀπὸ τῆς πόλεως ἐπὶ πλεῖον· συνεγγίσαντες δὲ τοῖς πολεμίοις, ἐφʼ ἑαυτῶν ἦσαν.
10:28 Primo autem solis ortu utrique commiserunt : isti quidem victoriae et prosperitatis sponsorem cum virtute Dominum habentes : illi autem ducem belli animum habebant.
But as soon as the sun was risen both sides joined battle: the one part having, with their valour, the Lord for a surety of victory, and success: but the other side making their rage their leader in battle.
Ἄρτι δὲ τῆς ἀνατολῆς διαδεχομένης, προσέβαλον ἑκάτεροι· οἱ μὲν ἔγγυον ἔχοντες εὐημερίας καὶ νίκης μετʼ ἀρετῆς τὴν ἐπὶ τὸν Κύριον καταφυγὴν, οἱ δὲ καθηγεμόνα τῶν ἀγώνων ταττόμενοι τὸν θυμόν.
10:29 Sed cum vehemens pugna esset, apparuerunt adversariis de caelo viri quinque in equis, frenis aureis decori, ducatum Judaeis praestantes :
But when they were in the heat of the engagement, there appeared to the enemies from heaven five men upon horses, comely, with golden bridles, conducting the Jews:
Γενομένης δὲ καρτερᾶς μάχης, ἐφάνησαν τοῖς ὑπεναντίοις ἐξ οὐρανοῦ ἐφʼ ἵππων χρυσοχαλίνων ἄνδρες πέντε διαπρεπεῖς, καὶ ἀφηγούμενοι τῶν Ἰουδαίων οἱ δύο,
10:30 ex quibus duo Machabaeum medium habentes, armis suis circumseptum incolumem conservabant : in adversarios autem tela et fulmina jaciebant, ex quo et caecitate confusi et repleti perturbatione, cadebant.
Two of them took Machabeus between them, and covered him on every side with their arms, and kept him safe; but cast darts and fireballs against the enemy, so that they fell down, being both confounded with blindness, and filled with trouble.
καὶ τὸν Μακκαβαῖον μέσον λαβόντες, καὶ σκεπάζοντες ταῖς ἑαυτῶν πανοπλίαις, ἄτρωτον διεφύλαττον· εἰς δὲ τοὺς ὑπεναντίους τοξεύματα καὶ κεραυνοὺς ἐξεῤῥίπτουν· διὸ συγχυθέντες ἀορασίᾳ, κατεκόπτοντο ταραχῆς πεπληρωμένοι.
10:31 Interfecti sunt autem viginti millia quingenti, et equites sexcenti.
And there were slain twenty thousand five hundred, and six hundred horsemen.
Κατεσφάγησαν δὲ δισμύριοι πρὸς τοῖς πεντακοσίοις, ἱππεῖς δὲ ἑξακόσιοι.
10:32 Timotheus vero confugit in Gazaram praesidium munitum, cui praeerat Chaereas.
*H But Timotheus fled into Gazara, a strong hold where Chereas was governor.
Ver. 32. Gazara, different from Gaza, which is so called elsewhere. M. — This Gazara was a fortress against the inroads of the Idumeans. — Chereas, brother of Timotheus. C.
Αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ Τιμόθεος συνέφυγεν εἰς Γάζαρα λεγόμενον ὀχύρωμα, εὖ μάλα φρούριον, στρατηγοῦντος ἐκεῖ Χαιρέου.
10:33 Machabaeus autem et qui cum eo erant, laetantes obsederunt praesidium diebus quatuor.
Then Machabeus, and they that were with him cheerfully laid siege to the fortress four days.
Οἱ δὲ περὶ τὸν Μακκαβαῖον ἄσμενοι περιεκάθισαν τὸ φρούριον ἡμέρας τέσσαρας.
10:34 At hi qui intus erant, loci firmitate confisi, supra modum maledicebant, et sermones nefandos jactabant.
But they that were within, trusting to the strength of the place, blasphemed exceedingly, and cast forth abominable words.
Οἱ δὲ ἔνδον τῇ ἐρυμνότητι τοῦ τόπου πεποιθότες, ὑπεράγαν ἐβλασφήμουν, καὶ λόγους ἀθεμίτους προΐοντο.
10:35 Sed cum dies quinta illucesceret, viginti juvenes ex his qui cum Machabaeo erant, accensi animis propter blasphemiam, viriliter accesserunt ad murum, et feroci animo incedentes ascendebant :
*H But when the fifth day appeared, twenty young men of them that were with Machabeus, inflamed in their minds, because of the blasphemy, approached manfully to the wall, and pushing forward with fierce courage, got up upon it:
Ver. 35. Men. Gorionides (iii. 13.) says they were Assideans, mentioned before 1 B. ii. 42. and vii. 13. W. — Got. Gr. "slew every one they met." H.
Ὑποφαινούσης δὲ τῆς πέμπτης ἡμέρας, εἴκοσι νεανίαι τῶν περὶ τὸν Μακκαβαῖον πυρωθέντες τοῖς θυμοῖς διὰ τὰς βλασφημίας, προσβαλόντες τῷ τείχει, ἀῤῥενωδῶς καὶ θηριώδει θυμῷ τὸν ἐμπίπτοντα ἔκοπτον,
10:36 sed et alii similiter ascendentes, turres portasque succendere aggressi sunt, atque ipsos maledicos vivos concremare.
*H Moreover, others also getting up after them, went to set fire to the towers and the gates, and to burn the blasphemers alive.
Ver. 36. After. Gr. "by a back way (H. undefended, περισπασμω. Grot.) to those within, burnt the towers, and kindling fires burnt the blasphemers alive. But these cut down the gates; and giving entrance to the rest of the army, took the city and killed Timotheus, who had hidden in a hole," (H.) or cistern; ` lakkw. C. — Vulg. had perhaps lacu. Sa. M.
ἕτεροι δὲ ὁμοίως προσαναβάντες ἐν τῷ περισπασμῷ πρὸς τοὺς ἔνδον, ἐνεπίμπρων τοὺς πύργους, καὶ πυρὰς ἀνάψαντες ζῶντας τοὺς βλασφήμους κατέκαιον· οἱ δὲ τὰς πύλας διέκοπτον, εἰσδεξάμενοι δὲ τὴν λοιπὴν τάξιν, προκατελάβοντο τὴν πόλιν,
10:37 Per continuum autem biduum praesidio vastato, Timotheum occultantem se in quodam repertum loco peremerunt : et fratrem illius Chaeream et Apollophanem occiderunt.
And having for two days together pillaged and sacked the fortress, they killed Timotheus, who was found hid in a certain place: they slew also his brother Chereas, and Apollophanes.
καὶ τὸν Τιμόθεον ἀποκεκρυμμένον ἔν τινι λάκκῳ κατέσφαξαν, καὶ τὸν τούτου ἀδελφὸν Χαιρέαν, καὶ τὸν Ἀπολλοφάνη.
10:38 Quibus gestis, in hymnis et confessionibus benedicebant Dominum, qui magna fecit in Israel, et victoriam dedit illis.
And when this was done, they blessed the Lord with hymns and thanksgiving, who had done great things in Israel, and given them the victory.
Ταῦτα δὲ διαπραξάμενοι, μεθʼ ὕμνων καὶ ἐξομολογήσεων εὐλόγουν τῷ Κυρίῳ τῷ μεγάλως εὐεργετοῦντι τὸν Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ τὸ νῖκος αὐτοῖς διδόντι.