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1 Maccabees 1:53 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" They made Israel hide themselves in every place of refuge which they had. "

1 Maccabees 1:53

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51 He wrote according to all these words to his whole kingdom. He appointed overseers over all the people, and he commanded the cities of Judah to sacrifice, city by city.

52 From the people were gathered together to them many, everyone who had forsaken the law; and they did evil things in the land.

53 They made Israel hide themselves in every place of refuge which they had.

54 On the fifteenth day of Chislev, in the one hundred forty fifth year, they built an abomination of desolation upon the altar, and in the cities of Judah on every side they built idol altars.

55 At the doors of the houses and in the streets they burned incense.

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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."

1 Maccabees 1:2

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

1 Maccabees 1:3

"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."

1 Maccabees 1:4

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

1 Maccabees 1:5

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

1 Maccabees 1:6

"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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