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LXX

1 Maccabees 12:16

For this cause we chose Numenius [the son] of Antiochus, and Antipater [the son] of Jason, and sent them unto the Romans, to renew the amity that we had with them, and the former league.

Parallel Translations

LXX2012View canonical →
For this cause we chose Numenius the son of Antiochus, and Antipater he son of Jason, and sent them to the Romans, to renew the amity that we had with them, and the former league.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
For this cause we chose Numenius the son of Antiochus, and Antipater he son of Jason, and sent them unto the Romans, to renew the amity that we had with them, and the former league.
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
We chose therefore Numenius the son of Antiochus and Antipater the son of Jason, and have sent them to the Romans, to renew the friendship that we had with them, and the former alliance.
World English Bible
GNV1560View canonical →
Yet haue we chosen Numenius the sonne of Antiochus, and Antipater the sonne of Iason, and sent them vnto the Romaines, for to renewe the former friendship with them, and league.
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha