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1 Maccabees 14:35 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" The people saw Simon’s faith, and the glory which he resolved to bring to his nation, and they made him their leader and high priest, because he had done all these things, and for the justice and the faith which he kept to his nation, and because he sought by all means to exalt his people. "

1 Maccabees 14:35

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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.

35 The people saw Simon’s faith, and the glory which he resolved to bring to his nation, and they made him their leader and high priest, because he had done all these things, and for the justice and the faith which he kept to his nation, and because he sought by all means to exalt his people.

36 In his days, things prospered in his hands, so that the Gentiles were taken away out of their country, and they also who were in the city of David, those who were in Jerusalem, who had made themselves a citadel, out of which they used to go, and polluted everything around the sanctuary, and did great damage to its purity.

37 He placed Jews in it and fortified it for the safety of the country and the city, and made high the walls of Jerusalem.

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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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