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1 Maccabees 15:13 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Antiochus encamped against Dor, and with him one hundred twenty thousand men of war and eight thousand cavalry. "

1 Maccabees 15:13

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11 King Antiochus pursued him, and he came, as he fled, to Dor, which is by the sea;

12 for he knew that troubles had come upon him all at once, and that his forces had deserted him.

13 Antiochus encamped against Dor, and with him one hundred twenty thousand men of war and eight thousand cavalry.

14 He surrounded the city, and the ships joined in the attack from the sea. He harassed the city by land and sea, and permitted no one to go out or in.

15 Numenius and his company came from Rome, having letters to the kings and to the countries, in which were written these things:

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1 Maccabees 15:1

"Antiochus son of Demetrius the king sent a letter from the islands of the sea to Simon the priest and governor of the Jews, and to all the nation."

1 Maccabees 15:2

"Its contents follow: “King Antiochus to Simon the chief priest and governor, and to the nation of the Jews, greetings."

1 Maccabees 15:3

"Whereas certain troublemakers have made themselves masters of the kingdom of our fathers, but my purpose is to claim the kingdom, that I may restore it as it was before; and moreover I have raised a multitude of foreign soldiers, and have prepared warships;"

1 Maccabees 15:4

"moreover I plan to land in the country, that I may punish those who have destroyed our country, and those who have made many cities in the kingdom desolate;"

1 Maccabees 15:5

"now therefore I confirm to you all the tax remissions which the kings who were before me remitted to you, and whatever gifts besides they remitted to you,"

1 Maccabees 15:6

"and I permit you to coin money for your country with your own stamp,"

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