2 Maccabees 5:19
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
Nevertheless God did not choose the people for the place's sake, but the place for the people's sake.
Greek · Brenton
Ἀλλʼ οὐ διὰ τὸν τόπον τὸ ἔθνος, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸ ἔθνος τὸν τόπον ὁ Κύριος ἐξελέξατο.