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1 Maccabees 14:4 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" 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 14:4
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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.
3 He went and struck the army of Demetrius, and seized him and brought him to Arsaces, who put him under guard.
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.
5 Amid all his honors, he took Joppa for a harbor, and made it an entrance for the islands of the sea.
6 He enlarged the borders of his nation and took possession of the country.
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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 14:5
"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."
1 Maccabees 14:7
"He gathered together a great number of captives, and took control of Gazara, Bethsura, and the citadel, and he removed its uncleannesses from it. There was no one who resisted him."
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