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1 Maccabees 7:9 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" He sent him and that ungodly Alcimus, whom he made the high priest; and he commanded him to take vengeance upon the children of Israel. "

1 Maccabees 7:9

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7 Now therefore send a man whom you trust, and let him go and see all the destruction which he has brought on us and the king’s country, and how he has punished them and all who helped them.”

8 So the king chose Bacchides, one of the king’s friends, who was ruler in the country beyond the river, and was a great man in the kingdom, and faithful to the king.

9 He sent him and that ungodly Alcimus, whom he made the high priest; and he commanded him to take vengeance upon the children of Israel.

10 They marched away and came with a great army into the land of Judah. He sent messengers to Judas and his kindred with words of peace deceitfully.

11 They paid no attention to their words; for they saw that they had come with a great army.

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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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