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1 Maccabees 14:28 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" in Asaramel, in a great congregation of priests and people and princes of the nation, and of the elders of the country, it was proclaimed to us: "

1 Maccabees 14:28

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26 For he and his brothers and the house of his father have made themselves strong, and have fought and chased away Israel’s enemies, and confirmed liberty to Israel.”

27 So they wrote on tablets of brass, and set them on pillars on mount Zion. This is the copy of the writing: “On the eighteenth day of Elul, in the one hundred seventy-second year, which is the third year of Simon the high priest,

28 in Asaramel, in a great congregation of priests and people and princes of the nation, and of the elders of the country, it was proclaimed to us:

29 ‘Since wars often occurred in the country, Simon the son of Mattathias, the son of the sons of Joarib, and his brothers, put themselves in jeopardy and withstood the enemies of their nation, that their sanctuary and the law might be established, and glorified their nation with great glory.

30 Jonathan rallied the nation, became their high priest, and was gathered to his people.

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1 Maccabees 14:1

"In the one hundred seventy-second year, King Demetrius gathered his forces together, and went into Media to get help, that he might fight against Tryphon."

1 Maccabees 14:2

"When Arsaces, the king of Persia and Media, heard that Demetrius had come into his borders, he sent one of his princes to take him alive."

1 Maccabees 14:3

"He went and struck the army of Demetrius, and seized him and brought him to Arsaces, who put him under guard."

1 Maccabees 14:4

"The land had rest all the days of Simon. He sought the good of his nation. His authority and his honor was pleasing to them all his days."

1 Maccabees 14:5

"Amid all his honors, he took Joppa for a harbor, and made it an entrance for the islands of the sea."

1 Maccabees 14:6

"He enlarged the borders of his nation and took possession of the country."

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