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The Bible: Old Testament Chapter 7

Chapter 479 of 1,075

Canonical reference 1 Maccabees 7

English

World English Bible editorial project · World English Bible, Catholic book order (2020)

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.
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.
3. The thing became known to him, and he said, “Don’t show me their faces!”
4. So the army killed them. Then Demetrius sat upon the throne of his kingdom.
5. All the lawless and ungodly men of Israel came to him. Alcimus was their leader, desiring to be high priest.
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.
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.
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,
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.
21. Alcimus struggled to maintain his high priesthood.
22. All those who troubled their people joined him, and they took control of the land of Judah, and did great damage in Israel.
23. Judas saw all the wrongs that Alcimus and his company had done among the children of Israel, even more than the Gentiles.
24. He went out into all the borders of Judea and took vengeance on the men who had deserted from him, and they were restrained from going out into the country.
25. But when Alcimus saw that Judas and his company had grown strong, and knew that he was not able to withstand them, he returned to the king, and brought evil accusations against them.
26. Then the king sent Nicanor, one of his honorable princes, a man who hated Israel and was their enemy, and commanded him to destroy the people.
27. Nicanor came to Jerusalem with a great army. He sent to Judas and his kindred deceitfully with words of peace, saying,
28. “Let there be no battle between me and you; I will come with a few men, that I may see your faces in peace.”
29. He came to Judas, and they saluted one another peaceably. The enemies were ready to seize Judas by violence.
30. This was known to Judas, that he came to him with deceit, and he was very afraid of him, and would see his face no more.
31. Nicanor found out that his plan was disclosed; and he went out to meet Judas in battle beside Capharsalama.
32. About five hundred men of Nicanor’s army fell, and the rest fled into the city of David.
33. After these things, Nicanor went up to mount Zion. Some of the priests came out of the sanctuary, with some of the elders of the people, to salute him peaceably, and to show him the whole burned sacrifice that was being offered for the king.
34. He mocked them, laughed at them, derided them shamefully, spoke arrogantly,
35. and swore in a rage, saying, “Unless Judas and his army are now delivered into my hands, it shall be that, if I return safely, I will burn up this house!” And he went out in a great rage.
36. The priests entered in, and stood before the altar and the temple; and they wept, and said,
37. “You chose this house to be called by your name, to be a house of prayer and supplication for your people.
38. Take vengeance on this man and his army, and let them fall by the sword. Remember their blasphemies, and don’t allow them to live any longer.”
39. Then Nicanor went out from Jerusalem and encamped in Bethhoron, and there the Syrian army met him.
40. Judas encamped in Adasa with three thousand men. Judas prayed and said,
41. “When those who came from the king blasphemed, your angel went out, and struck among them one hundred eighty-five thousand.
42. Even so, crush this army before us today, and let all the rest know that he has spoken wickedly against your sanctuary. Judge him according to his wickedness.”
43. On the thirteenth day of the month Adar, the armies met in battle. Nicanor’s army was defeated, and he himself was the first to fall in the battle.
44. Now when his army saw that Nicanor had fallen, they threw away their weapons and fled.
45. They pursued them a day’s journey from Adasa until you come to Gazara, and they sounded an alarm after them with the signal trumpets.
46. Men came out of all the surrounding villages of Judea, and outflanked them. These turned them back on those, and they all fell by the sword. There wasn’t one of them left.
47. The Jews took the spoils and the booty, and they cut off Nicanor’s head and his right hand, which he had stretched out so arrogantly, and brought them, and hung them up beside Jerusalem.
48. The people were exceedingly glad, and they kept that day as a day of great gladness.
49. They ordained to keep this day year by year on the thirteenth day of Adar.
50. So the land of Judah had rest a few days.

French

Fraternite de Tiberiade · Sainte Bible neo-Crampon Libre (2022)

1. L’an cent cinquante et un, Démétrius, fils de Séleucus, s’échappa de la ville de Rome et aborda, avec un petit nombre de gens, dans une ville maritime où il prit le titre de roi.
2. Dès qu’il eut fait son entrée dans le royaume de ses pères, l’armée se saisit d’Antiochus et de Lysias pour les lui amener.
3. Lorsqu’il en fut averti, il dit : « Ne me faites pas voir leur visage. »
4. Alors l’armée les tua, et Démétrius s’assit sur le trône de son royaume.
5. Alors tous les hommes iniques et impies d’Israël vinrent le trouver, conduits par Alcime, qui voulait être grand prêtre.
6. Ils accusèrent le peuple auprès du roi en disant : « Judas et ses frères ont fait périr tous tes amis, et nous ont expulsés de notre terre.
7. Envoie donc maintenant un homme en qui tu aies confiance, pour qu’il aille constater toute la ruine qu’ils ont faite parmi nous et dans les provinces du roi, et qu’il punisse les coupables avec tous ceux qui leur viennent en aide. »
8. Le roi choisit parmi ses amis Bacchidès, gouverneur du pays situé au-delà du fleuve, homme très considérable dans le royaume et fidèle au roi ;
9. et il l’envoya avec l’impie Alcime, auquel il assura la souveraine sacrificature, et lui ordonna de tirer vengeance des enfants d’Israël.
10. S’étant mis en route, ils vinrent avec une grande armée dans le pays de Juda, et ils envoyèrent des messagers porter à Judas et à ses frères des paroles de paix, pour les tromper.
11. Mais ceux-ci, voyant qu’ils étaient venus avec une grande armée, n’écoutèrent pas leur discours.
12. Cependant une troupe de scribes se rendit auprès d’Alcime et de Bacchidès pour chercher le droit ;
13. et ceux qui tenaient le premier rang parmi les enfants d’Israël, les Assidéens, leur demandèrent la paix ;
14. car ils disaient : « Un prêtre de la race d’Aaron est venu avec l’armée ; il ne saurait nous maltraiter. »
15. Il leur fit entendre des paroles de paix et leur fit ce serment : « Nous ne voulons vous faire aucun mal, ni à vous, ni à vos amis. »
16. Ils le crurent ; mais lui fit saisir soixante d’entre eux et les fit massacrer le même jour, selon la parole de l’Ecriture :
17. « Ils ont dispersé la chair et répandu le sang de tes saints autour de Jérusalem, et il n’y a personne pour les ensevelir. »
18. Alors la crainte et la terreur s’emparèrent de tout le peuple : « Il n’y a plus, disait-on, ni vérité ni justice parmi eux, car ils ont violé leur engagement et le serment qu’ils avaient fait. »
19. Bacchidès partit de Jérusalem et alla camper à Bézeth ; là il envoya saisir un grand nombre de ceux qui avaient déserté son parti, avec quelques-uns du peuple, et les ayant tués, il jeta leurs cadavres dans la grande citerne.
20. Après avoir confié le pays à Alcime, en lui laissant des troupes pour le défendre, Bacchidès s’en retourna auprès du roi.
21. Alcime s’efforça de se mettre en possession du pontificat.
22. Tous ceux qui troublaient leur peuple s’assemblèrent autour de lui, se rendirent maîtres du pays de Juda et causèrent une grande affliction en Israël.
23. Voyant tous les maux que faisaient aux enfants d’Israël Alcime et ses partisans, plus funestes que les Gentils eux-mêmes,
24. Judas parcourut en tout sens le territoire de la Judée, châtiant les apostats et les empêchant de se répandre dans les campagnes.
25. Lorsque Alcime vit que Judas et ses compagnons étaient devenus puissants, reconnaissant qu’il ne pouvait tenir contre eux, il retourna auprès du roi et les accusa des plus grands méfaits.
26. Le roi envoya Nicanor, un de ses plus illustres généraux, rempli de haine et d’animosité contre Israël, avec ordre d’exterminer le peuple.
27. Arrivé à Jérusalem avec une forte armée, Nicanor fit adresser à Judas et à ses frères des paroles de paix, pour les tromper :
28. « Qu’il n’y ait pas, disait-il, de guerre entre vous et moi ; je veux aller avec un petit nombre d’hommes voir vos visages en amitié. »
29. Il vint donc vers Judas, et ils se saluèrent mutuellement avec des démonstrations amicales ; mais les ennemis étaient prêts à se saisir de Judas.
30. Informé que Nicanor était venu le trouver dans un but perfide, Judas effrayé se retira et refusa de le voir davantage.
31. Nicanor reconnut alors que son projet était découvert, et il en vint immédiatement aux armes contre Judas près de Capharsalama.
32. Environ cinq mille hommes de l’armée de Nicanor furent tués ; le reste s’enfuit dans la ville de David.
33. Après ces événements, Nicanor étant monté au mont Sion, quelques-uns des prêtres sortirent du lieu saint, accompagnés de plusieurs anciens du peuple, pour le saluer amicalement et lui montrer les holocaustes qui étaient offerts pour le roi.
34. Mais lui, les raillant et les traitant avec mépris, les souilla et prononça des paroles insolentes ;
35. et il fit ce serment avec colère : « Si Judas et son armée ne sont pas livrés sur le champ entre mes mains, dès que je serai revenu en paix, je brûlerai cet édifice. » Et il sortit tout en colère.
36. Alors les prêtres rentrèrent et, se tenant devant l’autel et le sanctuaire, ils dirent en pleurant :
37. « C’est vous, Seigneur, qui avez choisi cette maison pour y mettre votre nom, afin qu’elle fût pour votre peuple une maison de prière et de supplication.
38. Tirez vengeance de cet homme et de son armée, et qu’ils tombent par l’épée ! Souvenez-vous de leurs blasphèmes, et ne permettez pas qu’ils demeurent ! »
39. Nicanor, quittant Jérusalem, alla camper près de Béthoron, et un corps de Syriens vint au-devant de lui.
40. Judas, de son côté, campa près d’Adasa avec trois mille hommes, et il pria en disant :
41. « Ceux qui avaient été envoyés par le roi des Assyriens vous ayant blasphémé, Seigneur, votre ange vint et leur tua cent quatre vingt-cinq mille hommes.
42. Exterminez de même en ce jour cette armée en notre présence, afin que tous les autres reconnaissent qu’il a tenu un langage impie sur votre sanctuaire, et jugez-le selon sa méchanceté. »
43. Les armées en vinrent aux mains le treizième jour du mois d’Adar, et les troupes de Nicanor furent taillées en pièces ; lui-même tomba le premier dans le combat.
44. Les troupes, voyant que Nicanor était tombé, jetèrent leurs armes et prirent la fuite.
45. Les Juifs les poursuivirent une journée de chemin, depuis Adasa jusqu’aux environs de Gazara, sonnant derrière eux les trompettes en fanfare.
46. De tous les villages de Judée aux alentours sortirent des gens qui enveloppèrent les Syriens : ceux-ci alors se retournaient les uns sur les autres, et tous tombèrent par l’épée, sans qu’aucun d’eux échappât, pas même un seul.
47. Ils prirent les dépouilles des vaincus, ainsi que leur butin ; et ayant coupé la tête de Nicanor et sa main droite, qu’il avait insolemment étendue, ils les apportèrent et les suspendirent en vue de Jérusalem.
48. Le peuple fut rempli de joie, et ils célébrèrent ce jour comme un jour de grande allégresse.
49. On décida que ce jour serait célébré chaque année, le treize du mois d’Adar.
50. Et le pays de Juda fut tranquille pendant un peu de temps.

Latin

Biblia Vulgata Clementina (1598), Migne witness (1880)

1. Anno centesimo quinquagesimo primo, exiit Demetrius Seleuci filius ab urbe Roma, et ascendit cum paucis viris in civitatem maritimam, et regnavit illic.
2. Et factum est, ut ingressus est domum regni patrum suorum, comprehendit exercitus Antiochum et Lysiam, ut adducerent eos ad eum.
3. Et res ei innotuit, et ait: Nolite mihi ostendere faciem eorum.
4. Et occidit eos exercitus. Et sedit Demetrius super sedem regni sui.
5. Et venerunt ad eum viri iniqui et impii ex Israël: et Alcimus dux eorum, qui volebat fieri sacerdos.
6. Et accusaverunt populum apud regem, dicentes: Perdidit Judas et fratres ejus omnes amicos tuos, et nos dispersit de terra nostra.
7. Nunc ergo mitte virum, cui credis, ut eat, et videat exterminium omne quod fecit nobis, et regionibus regis: et puniat omnes amicos ejus, et adjutores eorum.
8. Et elegit rex ex amicis suis Bacchidem, qui dominabatur trans flumen magnum in regno, et fidelem regi: et misit eum,
9. ut videret exterminium quod fecit Judas: sed et Alcimum impium constituit in sacerdotium, et mandavit ei facere ultionem in filios Israël.
10. Et surrexerunt, et venerunt cum exercitu magno in terram Juda: et miserunt nuntios, et locuti sunt ad Judam et ad fratres ejus verbis pacificis in dolo.
11. Et non intenderunt sermonibus eorum: viderunt enim quia venerunt cum exercitu magno.
12. Et convenerunt ad Alcimum et Bacchidem congregatio scribarum requirere quæ justa sunt:
13. et primi, Assidæi qui erant in filiis Israël: et exquirebant ab eis pacem.
14. Dixerunt enim: Homo sacerdos de semine Aaron venit; non decipiet nos:
15. et locutus est cum eis verba pacifica, et juravit illis, dicens: Non inferemus vobis malum, neque amicis vestris.
16. Et crediderunt ei: et comprehendit ex eis sexaginta viros, et occidit eos in una die, secundum verbum quod scriptum est:
17. Carnes sanctorum tuorum, et sanguinem ipsorum effuderunt in circuitu Jerusalem, et non erat qui sepeliret.
18. Et incubuit timor et tremor in omnem populum: quia dixerunt: Non est veritas, et judicium in eis: transgressi sunt enim constitutum, et jusjurandum quod juraverunt.
19. Et movit Bacchides castra ab Jerusalem, et applicuit in Bethzecha: et misit, et comprehendit multos ex eis qui a se effugerant: et quosdam de populo mactavit, et in puteum magnum projecit.
20. Et commisit regionem Alcimo, et reliquit cum eo auxilium in adjutorium ipsi. Et abiit Bacchides ad regem:
21. et satis agebat Alcimus pro principatu sacerdotii sui:
22. et convenerunt ad eum omnes, qui perturbabant populum suum, et obtinuerunt terram Juda, et fecerunt plagam magnam in Israël.
23. Et vidit Judas omnia mala quæ fecit Alcimus et qui cum eo erant filiis Israël, multo plus quam gentes:
24. et exiit in omnes fines Judææ in circuitu, et fecit vindictam in viros desertores, et cessaverunt ultra exire in regionem.
25. Vidit autem Alcimus quod prævaluit Judas et qui cum eo erant, et cognovit quia non potest sustinere eos: et regressus est ad regem, et accusavit eos multis criminibus.
26. Et misit rex Nicanorem, unum ex principibus suis nobilioribus, qui erat inimicitias exercens contra Israël: et mandavit ei evertere populum.
27. Et venit Nicanor in Jerusalem cum exercitu magno, et misit ad Judam et ad fratres ejus verbis pacificis cum dolo,
28. dicens: Non sit pugna inter me et vos: veniam cum viris paucis, ut videam facies vestras cum pace.
29. Et venit ad Judam, et salutaverunt se invicem pacifice: et hostes parati erant rapere Judam.
30. Et innotuit sermo Judæ quoniam cum dolo venerat ad eum: et conterritus est ab eo, et amplius noluit videre faciem ejus.
31. Et cognovit Nicanor quoniam denudatum est consilium ejus: et exivit obviam Judæ in pugnam juxta Capharsalama.
32. Et ceciderunt de Nicanoris exercitu fere quinque millia viri, et fugerunt in civitatem David.
33. Et post hæc verba ascendit Nicanor in montem Sion: et exierunt de sacerdotibus populi salutare eum in pace, et demonstrare ei holocautomata, quæ offerebantur pro rege.
34. Et irridens sprevit eos, et polluit: et locutus est superbe,
35. et juravit cum ira, dicens: Nisi traditus fuerit Judas et exercitus ejus in manus meas, continuo cum regressus fuero in pace, succendam domum istam. Et exiit cum ira magna.
36. Et intraverunt sacerdotes, et steterunt ante faciem altaris et templi, et flentes dixerunt:
37. Tu, Domine, elegisti domum istam ad invocandum nomen tuum in ea, ut esset domus orationis et obsecrationis populo tuo:
38. fac vindictam in homine isto et exercitu ejus, et cadant in gladio: memento blasphemias eorum, et ne dederis eis ut permaneant.
39. Et exiit Nicanor ab Jerusalem, et castra applicuit ad Bethoron: et occurrit illi exercitus Syriæ.
40. Et Judas applicuit in Adarsa cum tribus millibus viris: et oravit Judas, et dixit:
41. Qui missi erant a rege Sennacherib, Domine, quia blasphemaverunt te, exiit angelus, et percussit ex eis centum octoginta quinque millia:
42. sic contere exercitum istum in conspectu nostro hodie: et sciant ceteri quia male locutus est super sancta tua: et judica illum secundum malitiam illius.
43. Et commiserunt exercitus prælium tertiadecima die mensis Adar: et contrita sunt castra Nicanoris, et cecidit ipse primus in prælio.
44. Ut autem vidit exercitus ejus quia cecidisset Nicanor, projecerunt arma sua, et fugerunt:
45. et persecuti sunt eos viam unius diei ab Adazer usquequo veniatur in Gazara, et tubis cecinerunt post eos cum significationibus:
46. et exierunt de omnibus castellis Judææ in circuitu, et ventilabant eos cornibus, et convertebantur iterum ad eos, et ceciderunt omnes gladio, et non est relictus ex eis nec unus.
47. Et acceperunt spolia eorum in prædam: et caput Nicanoris amputaverunt, et dexteram ejus, quam extenderat superbe, et attulerunt, et suspenderunt contra Jerusalem.
48. Et lætatus est populus valde, et egerunt diem illam in lætitia magna.
49. Et constituit agi omnibus annis diem istam tertiadecima die mensis Adar.
50. Et siluit terra Juda dies paucos.

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  1. Verse 1In 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 …
  2. Verse 2It 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,…
  3. Verse 3The thing became known to him, and he said, “Don’t show me their faces!”
  4. Verse 4So the army killed them. Then Demetrius sat upon the throne of his kingdom.
  5. Verse 5All the lawless and ungodly men of Israel came to him. Alcimus was their leader, desiring to be high priest.
  6. Verse 6They accused the people to the king, saying, “Judas and his kindred have destroyed all your friends, and have scattered us from o…
  7. Verse 7Now 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 cou…
  8. Verse 8So 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…
  9. Verse 9He sent him and that ungodly Alcimus, whom he made the high priest; and he commanded him to take vengeance upon the children of I…
  10. Verse 10They marched away and came with a great army into the land of Judah. He sent messengers to Judas and his kindred with words of pe…
  11. Verse 11They paid no attention to their words; for they saw that they had come with a great army.
  12. Verse 12A group of scribes gathered together to Alcimus and Bacchides to seek just terms.
  13. Verse 13The Hasidaeans were the first among the children of Israel who sought peace from them,
  14. Verse 14for 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. Verse 15He spoke with them words of peace, and swore to them, saying, “We won’t seek to harm you or your friends.”
  16. Verse 16They trusted him. Then he seized sixty men of them, and killed them in one day, according to the word which was written,
  17. Verse 17The flesh of your saints and their blood was shed all around Jerusalem, and there was no one to bury them.
  18. Verse 18The fear and the dread of them fell upon all the people, for they said, “There is neither truth nor justice in them; for they hav…
  19. Verse 19Bacchides withdrew from Jerusalem, and encamped in Bezeth. He sent and seized many of the deserters who were with him, and some o…
  20. Verse 20He placed Alcimus in charge of the country and left with him a force to aid him. Then Bacchides went away to the king.
  21. Verse 21Alcimus struggled to maintain his high priesthood.
  22. Verse 22All those who troubled their people joined him, and they took control of the land of Judah, and did great damage in Israel.
  23. Verse 23Judas saw all the wrongs that Alcimus and his company had done among the children of Israel, even more than the Gentiles.
  24. Verse 24He went out into all the borders of Judea and took vengeance on the men who had deserted from him, and they were restrained from …
  25. Verse 25But when Alcimus saw that Judas and his company had grown strong, and knew that he was not able to withstand them, he returned to…
  26. Verse 26Then the king sent Nicanor, one of his honorable princes, a man who hated Israel and was their enemy, and commanded him to destro…
  27. Verse 27Nicanor came to Jerusalem with a great army. He sent to Judas and his kindred deceitfully with words of peace, saying,
  28. Verse 28“Let there be no battle between me and you; I will come with a few men, that I may see your faces in peace.”
  29. Verse 29He came to Judas, and they saluted one another peaceably. The enemies were ready to seize Judas by violence.
  30. Verse 30This was known to Judas, that he came to him with deceit, and he was very afraid of him, and would see his face no more.
  31. Verse 31Nicanor found out that his plan was disclosed; and he went out to meet Judas in battle beside Capharsalama.
  32. Verse 32About five hundred men of Nicanor’s army fell, and the rest fled into the city of David.
  33. Verse 33After these things, Nicanor went up to mount Zion. Some of the priests came out of the sanctuary, with some of the elders of the …
  34. Verse 34He mocked them, laughed at them, derided them shamefully, spoke arrogantly,
  35. Verse 35and swore in a rage, saying, “Unless Judas and his army are now delivered into my hands, it shall be that, if I return safely, I …
  36. Verse 36The priests entered in, and stood before the altar and the temple; and they wept, and said,
  37. Verse 37“You chose this house to be called by your name, to be a house of prayer and supplication for your people.
  38. Verse 38Take vengeance on this man and his army, and let them fall by the sword. Remember their blasphemies, and don’t allow them to live…
  39. Verse 39Then Nicanor went out from Jerusalem and encamped in Bethhoron, and there the Syrian army met him.
  40. Verse 40Judas encamped in Adasa with three thousand men. Judas prayed and said,
  41. Verse 41“When those who came from the king blasphemed, your angel went out, and struck among them one hundred eighty-five thousand.
  42. Verse 42Even so, crush this army before us today, and let all the rest know that he has spoken wickedly against your sanctuary. Judge him…
  43. Verse 43On the thirteenth day of the month Adar, the armies met in battle. Nicanor’s army was defeated, and he himself was the first to f…
  44. Verse 44Now when his army saw that Nicanor had fallen, they threw away their weapons and fled.
  45. Verse 45They pursued them a day’s journey from Adasa until you come to Gazara, and they sounded an alarm after them with the signal trump…
  46. Verse 46Men came out of all the surrounding villages of Judea, and outflanked them. These turned them back on those, and they all fell by…
  47. Verse 47The Jews took the spoils and the booty, and they cut off Nicanor’s head and his right hand, which he had stretched out so arrogan…
  48. Verse 48The people were exceedingly glad, and they kept that day as a day of great gladness.
  49. Verse 49They ordained to keep this day year by year on the thirteenth day of Adar.
  50. Verse 50So the land of Judah had rest a few days.

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