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1 Maccabees 6:47 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" They saw the strength of the kingdom and the fierce attack of the army, and turned away from them. "

1 Maccabees 6:47

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45 He ran upon him courageously into the midst of the phalanx, and killed on the right hand and on the left, and they parted away from him on this side and on that.

46 He crept under the elephant, and stabbed it from beneath, and killed it. The elephant fell to the earth upon him, and he died there.

47 They saw the strength of the kingdom and the fierce attack of the army, and turned away from them.

48 But the soldiers of the king’s army went up to Jerusalem to meet them, and the king encamped toward Judea and toward mount Zion.

49 He made peace with the people of Bethsura. He came out of the city because they had no food there to endure the siege, because it was a Sabbath to the land.

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"When the band of Judas, who led the first division, appeared in sight, and when terror and fear came upon the enemy, because the manifestation of him who sees all things came upon them, they fled in every direction, carried this way and that, so that they were often injured by their own men, and pierced with the points of their own swords."

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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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