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1 Maccabees 4:39 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" and they tore their clothes, made great lamentation, put ashes upon their heads, "

1 Maccabees 4:39

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37 All the army was gathered together, and they went up to mount Zion.

38 They saw the sanctuary laid desolate, the altar profaned, the gates burned up, shrubs growing in the courts as in a forest or as on one of the mountains, and the priests’ chambers pulled down;

39 and they tore their clothes, made great lamentation, put ashes upon their heads,

40 fell on their faces to the ground, blew with the solemn trumpets,and cried toward heaven.

41 Then Judas appointed certain men to fight against those who were in the citadel until he had cleansed the holy place.

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1 Maccabees 4:1

"Gorgias took five thousand infantry, a thousand chosen cavalry, and the army moved out at night,"

1 Maccabees 4:2

"that it might fall upon the army of the Jews and strike them suddenly. The men of the citadel were his guides."

1 Maccabees 4:3

"Judas heard of this, and he and the valiant men moved, that he might strike the king’s army which was at Emmaus"

1 Maccabees 4:4

"while the forces were still dispersed from the camp."

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"Gorgias came into the camp of Judas at night and found no man. He sought them in the mountains; for he said, “These men are running away from us.”"

1 Maccabees 4:6

"As soon as it was day, Judas appeared in the plain with three thousand men. However they didn’t have the armor and swords they desired."

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