1 Maccabees 5:12LXX
Orthodox Bible · LXX · Verse 12 of 68
"Now therefore come, and deliver us out of their hands, for many of us are slain."
In context
10And they sent letters to Judas and his brethren, saying, The heathens that are round about are gathered together against us, to destroy us:
11And they are preparing to come, and to take the fortress into which we are fled: and Timotheus is the captain of their host.
12Now therefore come, and deliver us out of their hands, for many of us are slain.
13And all our brethren that were in the places of Tubin, are killed: and they have carried away their wives, and their children, captives, and taken their spoils, and they have slain there almost a thousand men.
14And while they were yet reading these letters, behold there came other messengers out Galilee with their garments rent, who related according to these words: