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1 Maccabees 16:21 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" One ran before to Gazara, and told John that his father and kindred had perished, and that he has sent to kill you also. "
1 Maccabees 16:21
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19 He sent others to Gazara to do away with John. To the captains of thousands, he sent letters to come to him, that he might give them silver, gold, and gifts.
20 He sent others to take possession of Jerusalem and the temple hill.
21 One ran before to Gazara, and told John that his father and kindred had perished, and that he has sent to kill you also.
22 When he heard, he was greatly shocked. He seized the men who came to destroy him and killed them; for he perceived that they were seeking to destroy him.
23 And the rest of the acts of John and of his wars and of his valiant deeds which he did, and of the building of the walls which he built, and of his achievements,
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1 Maccabees 16:1
"John went up from Gazara and told Simon his father what Cendebaeus was doing."
1 Maccabees 16:2
"Simon called his two oldest sons, Judas and John, and said to them, “I and my brothers and my father’s house have fought the battles of Israel from our youth, even to this day; and things have prospered in our hands, so that we have often delivered Israel."
1 Maccabees 16:3
"But now I am old, and you moreover, by his mercy, are of a sufficient age. Take the place of me and my brother, and go out and fight for our nation; and let the help which is from heaven be with you."
1 Maccabees 16:4
"He chose out of the country twenty thousand men of war and cavalry, and they went against Cendebaeus, and slept at Modin."
1 Maccabees 16:5
"Rising up in the morning, they went into the plain, and, behold, a great army of infantry and cavalry came to meet them. There was a brook between them."
1 Maccabees 16:6
"He encamped near them, he and his people. He saw that the people were afraid to pass over the brook, and he passed over first. When the men saw him, they passed over after him."
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