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2 Maccabees 14:1 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Three years later, news was brought to Judas and his company that Demetrius the son of Seleucus, having sailed into the harbor of Tripolis with a mighty army and a fleet, "

2 Maccabees 14:1

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1 Three years later, news was brought to Judas and his company that Demetrius the son of Seleucus, having sailed into the harbor of Tripolis with a mighty army and a fleet,

2 had taken possession of the country, having made away with Antiochus and his guardian Lysias.

3 But one Alcimus, who had formerly been high priest, and had willfully polluted himself in the times when there was no mingling with the Gentiles, considering that there was no deliverance for him in any way, nor any more access to the holy altar,

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1 Maccabees 7:1

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"Judas then, having taken a detachment of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons."

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2 Maccabees 14:2

"had taken possession of the country, having made away with Antiochus and his guardian Lysias."

2 Maccabees 14:3

"But one Alcimus, who had formerly been high priest, and had willfully polluted himself in the times when there was no mingling with the Gentiles, considering that there was no deliverance for him in any way, nor any more access to the holy altar,"

2 Maccabees 14:4

"came to King Demetrius in about the one hundred fifty-first year, presenting to him a crown of gold and a palm, and beside these some of the festal olive boughs of the temple. For that day, he held his peace;"

2 Maccabees 14:5

"but having gotten opportunity to further his own madness, being called by Demetrius into a meeting of his council, and asked how the Jews stood affected and what they intended, he answered:"

2 Maccabees 14:6

"“Those of the Jews called Hasidaeans, whose leader is Judas Maccabaeus, keep up war and are seditious, not allowing the kingdom to find tranquillity."

2 Maccabees 14:7

"Therefore, having laid aside my ancestral glory—I mean the high priesthood—I have now come here,"

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