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1 Maccabees 3:38 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Lysias chose Ptolemy the son of Dorymenes, Nicanor, and Gorgias, mighty men of the king’s friends; "
1 Maccabees 3:38
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36 and that he should make foreigners live in all their territory, and should divide their land to them by lot.
37 The king took the half that remained of the forces, and left Antioch, his royal city, in the one hundred forty seventh year; and he passed over the river Euphrates, and went through the upper countries.
38 Lysias chose Ptolemy the son of Dorymenes, Nicanor, and Gorgias, mighty men of the king’s friends;
39 and with them, he sent forty thousand infantry and seven thousand cavalry to go into the land of Judah and to destroy it, according to the word of the king.
40 They set out with all their army, and came and encamped near Emmaus in the plain country.
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1 Maccabees 3:1
"His son Judas, who was called Maccabaeus, rose up in his place."
1 Maccabees 3:2
"All his kindred helped him, and so did all those who joined with his father, and they fought with gladness the battle of Israel."
1 Maccabees 3:3
"He got his people great glory, and put on a breastplate like a giant, and bound his warlike harness around him, and set battles in array, protecting the army with his sword."
1 Maccabees 3:4
"He was like a lion in his deeds, and like a lion’s cub roaring for prey."
1 Maccabees 3:5
"He hunted and pursued the lawless, and he burned up those who troubled his people."
1 Maccabees 3:6
"The lawless shrunk back for fear of him, and all the workers of lawlessness were very troubled, and deliverance prospered in his hand."
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