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1 Maccabees 7:14 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" for they said, “One who is a priest of the seed of Aaron has come with the army, and he will do us no wrong.” "

1 Maccabees 7:14

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12 A group of scribes gathered together to Alcimus and Bacchides to seek just terms.

13 The Hasidaeans were the first among the children of Israel who sought peace from them,

14 for they said, “One who is a priest of the seed of Aaron has come with the army, and he will do us no wrong.”

15 He spoke with them words of peace, and swore to them, saying, “We won’t seek to harm you or your friends.”

16 They trusted him. Then he seized sixty men of them, and killed them in one day, according to the word which was written,

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1 Maccabees 7:1

"In the one hundred fifty first year, Demetrius the son of Seleucus came out of Rome, and went up with a few men to a city by the sea, and reigned there."

1 Maccabees 7:2

"It came to pass, when he would go into the house of the kingdom of his fathers, that the army laid hands on Antiochus and Lysias, to bring them to him."

1 Maccabees 7:3

"The thing became known to him, and he said, “Don’t show me their faces!”"

1 Maccabees 7:4

"So the army killed them. Then Demetrius sat upon the throne of his kingdom."

1 Maccabees 7:5

"All the lawless and ungodly men of Israel came to him. Alcimus was their leader, desiring to be high priest."

1 Maccabees 7:6

"They accused the people to the king, saying, “Judas and his kindred have destroyed all your friends, and have scattered us from our own land."

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