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1 Maccabees 6:47-49
New Catholic Bible
1 Maccabees 6:47-49
New Catholic Bible
47 When the Jews saw the strength and ferocity of the royal forces, they retreated before them. 48 A part of the king’s army marched up to Jerusalem to attack them, and the king encamped at both Judea and Mount Zion. 49 He made terms of peace with the people of Beth-zur, and they evacuated the town, for they had no provisions there that would enable them to withstand a siege, since that was a sabbatical year[a] in the land.
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- 1 Maccabees 6:49 Sabbatical year: every seventh year the land had to lie fallow (Ex 23:11; Lev 25:3-7); this is the only time that the application of the law is recorded. The year without a harvest was followed by a shortage of food.
