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1 Maccabees 13:9 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Fight our battles, and we will do all that you tell us to do.” "

1 Maccabees 13:9

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7 The spirit of the people revived as soon as they heard these words.

8 They answered with a loud voice, saying, “You are our leader in the place of Judas and Jonathan your brothers.

9 Fight our battles, and we will do all that you tell us to do.”

10 He gathered together all the men of war, and hurried to finish the walls of Jerusalem. He fortified it all around.

11 He sent Jonathan the son of Absalom, and with him a great army, to Joppa. He threw out those who were in it, and lived there.

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1 Maccabees 13:1

"Simon heard that Tryphon had gathered together a mighty army to come into the land of Judah and destroy it utterly."

1 Maccabees 13:2

"He saw that the people were trembling in great fear. So he went up to Jerusalem and gathered the people together."

1 Maccabees 13:3

"He encouraged them, and said to them, “You yourselves know all the things that I, my kindred, and my father’s house have done for the laws and the sanctuary, and the battles and the distresses which we have seen."

1 Maccabees 13:4

"Because of this, all my brothers have perished for Israel’s sake, and I am left alone."

1 Maccabees 13:5

"Now be it far from me, that I should spare my own life in any time of affliction, for I am not better than my kindred."

1 Maccabees 13:6

"However, I will take vengeance for my nation, for the sanctuary, and for our wives and children, because all the Gentiles have gathered out of hatred to destroy us.”"

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