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1 Maccabees 6:57 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" He made haste, and gave orders to depart. He said to the king and the leaders of the army and to the men, “We get weaker daily, our food is scant, the place where we encamp is strong, and the affairs of the kingdom lie upon us. "

1 Maccabees 6:57

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55 Lysias heard that Philip, whom Antiochus the king, while he was yet alive, appointed to raise his son Antiochus to be king,

56 had returned from Persia and Media, and with him the forces that went with the king, and that he was seeking to take control of the government.

57 He made haste, and gave orders to depart. He said to the king and the leaders of the army and to the men, “We get weaker daily, our food is scant, the place where we encamp is strong, and the affairs of the kingdom lie upon us.

58 Now therefore let’s negotiate with these men, and make peace with them and with all their nation,

59 and covenant with them, that they may walk after their own laws, as before; for because of their laws which we abolished they were angered, and did all these things.”

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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

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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,"

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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