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1 Maccabees 14:7 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" 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. "

1 Maccabees 14:7

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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.

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.

8 They tilled their land in peace, and the land gave her increase, and the trees of the plains gave their fruit.

9 The old men sat in the streets; they all conversed together about good things. The young men put on glorious and warlike apparel.

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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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