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1 Maccabees 5:50 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" So the men of the army encamped, and fought against the city all that day and all that night, and the city was delivered into his hands. "

1 Maccabees 5:50

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48 Judas sent to them with words of peace, saying, “We will pass through your land to go into our own land, and no one will harm you. We will only pass by on our feet.” But they wouldn’t open to him.

49 Then Judas commanded proclamation to be made in the army, that each man should encamp in the place where he was.

50 So the men of the army encamped, and fought against the city all that day and all that night, and the city was delivered into his hands.

51 He destroyed all the males with the edge of the sword, razed the city, took its plunder, and passed through the city over those who were slain.

52 They went over the Jordan into the great plain near Bethshan.

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1 Maccabees 5:1

"It came to pass, when the Gentiles all around heard that the altar had been rebuilt and the sanctuary dedicated as before, they were exceedingly angry."

1 Maccabees 5:2

"They took counsel to destroy the race of Jacob that was in the midst of them, and they began to kill and destroy among the people."

1 Maccabees 5:3

"Judas fought against the children of Esau in Idumaea at Akrabattine, because they besieged Israel. He struck them with a great slaughter, humbled them, and took their spoils."

1 Maccabees 5:4

"He remembered the wickedness of the children of Baean, who were a snare and a stumbling block to the people, lying in wait for them on the highways."

1 Maccabees 5:5

"They were shut up by him in the towers. He encamped against them, and destroyed them utterly, and burned with fire the towers of the place with all who were in them."

1 Maccabees 5:6

"He passed over to the children of Ammon, and found a mighty band and many people, with Timotheus for their leader."

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