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1 Maccabees 14:8 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

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

1 Maccabees 14:8

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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.

10 He provided food for the cities and furnished them with means of defense, until the glory of his name was known to the end of the earth.

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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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