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1 Maccabees 13:1-3
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Maccabees 13:1-3
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Simon Takes Command
13 Simon heard that Trypho had assembled a large army to invade the land of Judah and destroy it,(A) 2 and he saw that the people were trembling with fear. So he went up to Jerusalem, and gathering the people together 3 he encouraged them, saying to them, “You yourselves know what great things my brothers and I and the house of my father have done for the laws and the sanctuary; you know also the wars and the difficulties that my brothers and I have seen.
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