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1 Maccabees 6:7-9
Common English Bible
1 Maccabees 6:7-9
Common English Bible
7 They had taken down the disgusting thing that he had set up on the altar in Jerusalem. Furthermore, they had surrounded the sanctuary and also Lysias’ town Beth-zur with high walls like before.
8 When the king heard this news, he was stunned and badly shaken. He took to his bed, sick from grief. Things hadn’t turned out for him as he had planned. 9 He lay there for many days because he was deeply depressed. He realized that he was dying.
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