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1 Maccabees 6:21 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Some of those who were hemmed in came out, and some of the ungodly men of Israel were joined to them. "

1 Maccabees 6:21

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19 Judas planned to destroy them, and called all the people together to besiege them.

20 They were gathered together, and besieged them in the one hundred fiftieth year, and he made mounds to shoot from, and engines of war.

21 Some of those who were hemmed in came out, and some of the ungodly men of Israel were joined to them.

22 They went to the king, and said, “How long will you not execute judgment, and avenge our kindred?

23 We were willing to serve your father and to live by his words, and to follow his commandments.

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1 Maccabees 6:1

"King Antiochus was traveling through the upper countries; and he heard that in Elymais in Persia there was a city renowned for riches, for silver and gold,"

1 Maccabees 6:2

"and that the temple which was in it was exceedingly rich, and that in it were golden shields, breastplates, and weapons which Alexander, son of Philip, the Macedonian king, who reigned first among the Greeks, left behind there."

1 Maccabees 6:3

"So he came and tried to take the city and to pillage it; and he was not able, because his plan was known to them of the city,"

1 Maccabees 6:4

"and they rose up against him in battle. He fled and returned to Babylon with great disappointment."

1 Maccabees 6:5

"Then someone came into Persia bringing him news that the armies which went against the land of Judah had been put to flight,"

1 Maccabees 6:6

"and that Lysias went first with a strong army and was put to shame before them, and that they had grown strong because of weapons, power, and a supply of plunder which they took from the armies that they had cut off,"

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