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1 Maccabees 6:4 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

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

1 Maccabees 6:4

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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.

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,

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

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

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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"He put his trust in him, and did even as he said, and sent away his forces, and they departed into the land of Judah."

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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 6:5

"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,"

1 Maccabees 6:7

"and that they had pulled down the abomination which he had built upon the altar that was in Jerusalem, and that they had surrounded the sanctuary with high walls, as before, and also Bethsura, his city."

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