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1 Maccabees 10:36 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" “Let there be enrolled among the king’s forces about thirty thousand men of the Jews, and pay shall be given to them, as is due to all the king’s forces. "

1 Maccabees 10:36

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34 “All the feasts, the Sabbaths, new moons, appointed days, three days before a feast, and three days after a feast, let them all be days of immunity and release for all the Jews who are in my kingdom.

35 No man shall have authority to exact anything from any of them, or to trouble them concerning any matter.

36 “Let there be enrolled among the king’s forces about thirty thousand men of the Jews, and pay shall be given to them, as is due to all the king’s forces.

37 Of them, some shall be placed in the king’s great strongholds, and some of them shall be placed over the affairs of the kingdom, which are positions of trust. Let those who are over them and their rulers be of themselves, and let them walk after their own laws, even as the king has commanded in the land of Judah.

38 “The three districts that have been added to Judea from the country of Samaria, let them be annexed to Judea, that they may be reckoned to be under one ruler, that they may not obey any other authority than the high priest’s.

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1 Maccabees 10:1

"In the one hundred sixtieth year, Alexander Epiphanes, the son of Antiochus, went up and took possession of Ptolemais. They received him, and he reigned there."

1 Maccabees 10:2

"King Demetrius heard about this, and he gathered together exceedingly great forces, and went out to meet him in battle."

1 Maccabees 10:3

"Demetrius sent a letter to Jonathan with words of peace, so as to honor him."

1 Maccabees 10:4

"For he said, “Let’s go beforehand to make peace with them, before he makes peace with Alexander against us;"

1 Maccabees 10:5

"for he will remember all the evils that we have done against him, and to his kindred and to his nation.”"

1 Maccabees 10:6

"So he gave him authority to gather together forces, and to provide weapons, and that he should be his ally. He also commanded that they should release the hostages that were in the citadel to him."

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