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1 Maccabees 9:20 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" They wept for him. All Israel made great lamentation for him, and mourned many days, and said, "

1 Maccabees 9:20

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18 Judas fell, and the rest fled.

19 Jonathan and Simon took Judas their brother, and buried him in the tomb of his ancestors at Modin.

20 They wept for him. All Israel made great lamentation for him, and mourned many days, and said,

21 “How the mighty has fallen, the savior of Israel!”

22 The rest of the acts of Judas, and his wars, and the valiant deeds which he did, and his greatness, are not written; for they were exceedingly many.

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1 Maccabees 9:1

"Demetrius heard that Nicanor had fallen with his forces in battle, and he sent Bacchides and Alcimus again into the land of Judah a second time, and the right wing of his army with them."

1 Maccabees 9:2

"They went by the way that leads to Gilgal, and encamped against Mesaloth, which is in Arbela, and took possession of it, and killed many people."

1 Maccabees 9:3

"The first month of the one hundred fifty-second year, they encamped against Jerusalem."

1 Maccabees 9:4

"Then they marched away and went to Berea with twenty thousand infantry and two thousand cavalry."

1 Maccabees 9:5

"Judas was encamped at Elasa with three thousand chosen men."

1 Maccabees 9:6

"They saw the multitude of the forces, that they were many, and they were terrified. Many slipped away out of the army. There were not left of them more than eight hundred men."

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