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1 Maccabees 1:34 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" They put a sinful nation, transgressors of the law, there, and they strengthened themselves in it. "

1 Maccabees 1:34

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32 They led captive the women and the children, and seized the livestock.

33 Then they fortified the city of David with a large, strong wall and with strong towers, and it became their citadel.

34 They put a sinful nation, transgressors of the law, there, and they strengthened themselves in it.

35 They stored up weapons and food, and gathering together the spoils of Jerusalem, they stored them there, and they became a great menace.

36 It became a place to lie in wait against the sanctuary, and an evil adversary to Israel continually.

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1 Maccabees 1:1

"After Alexander the Macedonian, the son of Philip, who came out of the land of Chittim, and struck Darius king of the Persians and Medes, it came to pass, after he had struck him, that he reigned in his place, in former time, over Greece."

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"He fought many battles, won many strongholds, killed the kings of the earth,"

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"went through to the ends of the earth, and took spoils of a multitude of nations. The earth was quiet before him. He was exalted. His heart was lifted up."

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"He gathered together an exceedingly strong army and ruled over countries, nations, and principalities, and they paid him tribute."

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"After these things he fell sick, and perceived that he was going to die."

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"He called his honorable servants, which had been brought up with him from his youth, and he divided to them his kingdom while he was still alive."

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