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1 Maccabees 13:42-44
Revised Standard Version
1 Maccabees 13:42-44
Revised Standard Version
42 and the people began to write in their documents and contracts, “In the first year of Simon the great high priest and commander and leader of the Jews.”
The Capture of Gazara by Simon
43 In those days Simon[a] encamped against Gazar′a[b] and surrounded it with troops. He made a siege engine, brought it up to the city, and battered and captured one tower. 44 The men in the siege engine leaped out into the city, and a great tumult arose in the city.
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- 1 Maccabees 13:43 Gk he
- 1 Maccabees 13:43 Cn: Gk Gaza
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