Old Testament readings use the Septuagint , the Scripture the apostles quoted. Masoretic numbering shown for reference.Learn why
LXX

2 Maccabees 10:23

And having good success with his weapons in all things he took in hand, he slew in the two holds more than twenty thousand.

Parallel Translations

LXX2012View canonical →
And having good success with his weapons in all things he took in hand, he killed in the two holds more than twenty thousand.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
And having good success with his weapons in all things he took in hand, he slew in the two holds more than twenty thousand.
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
Prospering with his weapons in everything he undertook, he destroyed more than twenty thousand in the two strongholds.
World English Bible