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1 Maccabees 11:49-51
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Maccabees 11:49-51
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
49 When the people of the city saw that the Jews had gained control of the city as they pleased, their courage failed, and they cried out to the king with this entreaty: 50 “Grant us peace, and make the Jews stop fighting against us and our city.”(A) 51 And they threw down their arms and made peace. So the Jews gained glory in the sight of the king and of all the people in his kingdom, and they returned to Jerusalem with a large amount of spoil.
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