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1 Maccabees 14:32 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Then Simon rose up and fought for his nation. He spent much of his own money to arm the valiant men of his nation and give them wages. "

1 Maccabees 14:32

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

31 Their enemies planned to invade their country, that they might destroy their country utterly, and stretch out their hands against their sanctuary.

32 Then Simon rose up and fought for his nation. He spent much of his own money to arm the valiant men of his nation and give them wages.

33 He fortified the cities of Judea and Bethsura that lies on the borders of Judea, where the weapons of the enemies had been stored, and there he placed a garrison of Jews.

34 He fortified Joppa which is upon the sea, and Gazara which is upon the borders of Azotus, where the enemies used to live, and placed Jews there, and set in there all things necessary for their restoration.

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2 Maccabees 10:20

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"But Simon and those who were with him, yielding to covetousness, were bribed by some of those who were in the towers, and receiving seventy thousand drachmas, let some of them slip away."

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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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