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1 Maccabees 7:18 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" The fear and the dread of them fell upon all the people, for they said, “There is neither truth nor justice in them; for they have broken the covenant and the oath which they swore.” "
1 Maccabees 7:18
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16 They trusted him. Then he seized sixty men of them, and killed them in one day, according to the word which was written,
17 The flesh of your saints and their blood was shed all around Jerusalem, and there was no one to bury them.
18 The fear and the dread of them fell upon all the people, for they said, “There is neither truth nor justice in them; for they have broken the covenant and the oath which they swore.”
19 Bacchides withdrew from Jerusalem, and encamped in Bezeth. He sent and seized many of the deserters who were with him, and some of the people, and he killed them, throwing them into a large pit.
20 He placed Alcimus in charge of the country and left with him a force to aid him. Then Bacchides went away to the king.
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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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