1 Maccabees 3:59
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
for it is better for us to die in battle, than to behold the calamities of our people and our sanctuary.
Greek · Brenton
Ὅτι κρεῖσσον ἡμᾶς ἀποθανεῖν ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ, ἢ ἐπιδεῖν ἐπὶ τὰ κακὰ τοῦ ἔθνους ἡμῶν καὶ τῶν ἁγίων·