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1 Maccabees 5:25-27
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Maccabees 5:25-27
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
25 They encountered the Nabateans, who met them peaceably and told them all that had happened to their kindred in Gilead:(A) 26 “Many of them have been shut up in Bozrah and Bosor, in Alema and Chaspho, Maked and Carnaim”—all these towns were strong and large(B)— 27 “and some have been shut up in the other towns of Gilead; the enemy[a] are getting ready to attack the strongholds tomorrow and capture and destroy all these people in a single day.”
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