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1 Maccabees 1:28-30
Good News Translation
1 Maccabees 1:28-30
Good News Translation
28 All our people were clothed with shame,
and our land trembled for them.
29 Two years later Antiochus sent a large army from Mysia[a] against the towns of Judea. When the soldiers entered Jerusalem, 30 their commander spoke to the people, offering them terms of peace and completely deceiving them. Then he suddenly launched a fierce attack on the city, dealing it a major blow and killing many of the people.
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- 1 Maccabees 1:29 Probable text a large army from Mysia; Greek a tax collector with a large army.
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