For they encamped from Samaria to the environs of Jerusalem and all its districts, and they slew with the edge of the sword, so that they left none remaining except a few; for the Edomites, the Syrians, and the Amalekites had joined with Maccabeus the Moabite, who destroyed the city of Jerusalem.
2 Meqabyan (also known as 2 Ethiopian Maccabees and 2 Ethiopic Maccabees) is canonical scripture for the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church. While «Meqabyan» is the Ge’ez equivalent of «Maccabees,» the content is completely different from 2 Maccabees. The only complete copies of 2 Meqabyan are available in Ge’ez (Classical Ethiopic), here used with permission by the Bible Society of Ethiopia.
The translation into English was provided by Haileyesus Woldemariam (UBS).
the Hebrew, Ge’ez, and Greek that is translated with «sword» in English is translated in Tepeuxila Cuicatec as «machete that is sharp on two sides,» in Lalana Chinantec as «machete» and in San Mateo del Mar Huave as «knife.» (Source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
The name that is transliterated as «Samaria» in English means «a watch mountain,» «a place of watching,» «guardianship.» (Source: Cornwall / Smith 1997 )
The name that is transliterated as «Jerusalem» in English is signed in French Sign Language with a sign that depicts worshiping at the Western Wall in Jerusalem:
While a similar sign is also used in British Sign Language, another, more neutral sign that combines the sign «J» and the signs for «place» is used as well. (Source: Anna Smith)
«Jerusalem» in British Sign Language (source: Christian BSL, used with permission)
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