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1 Maccabees 14:47 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" So Simon accepted this, and consented to be high priest, and to be captain and governor of the Jews and of the priests, and to be protector of all. "

1 Maccabees 14:47

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45 but whoever should do otherwise, or nullify any of these things, he will be liable to punishment.’”

46 All the people consented to ordain for Simon that he should do according to these words.

47 So Simon accepted this, and consented to be high priest, and to be captain and governor of the Jews and of the priests, and to be protector of all.

48 They commanded to put this writing on tablets of brass, and to set them up within the precinct of the sanctuary in a conspicuous place,

49 and moreover to put copies of them in the treasury, so that Simon and his sons might have them.

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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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