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1 Maccabees 6:50 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" The king took Bethsura, and appointed a garrison there to keep it. "

1 Maccabees 6:50

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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.

50 The king took Bethsura, and appointed a garrison there to keep it.

51 He encamped against the sanctuary many days; and set there mounds to shoot from, and engines of war, and machines for throwing fire and stones, and weapons to throw darts, and slings.

52 The Jews also made engines of war against their engines, and fought for many days.

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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,"

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"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."

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"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,"

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

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

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"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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