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1 Maccabees 9:71-73
New Catholic Bible
1 Maccabees 9:71-73
New Catholic Bible
71 Bacchides agreed to Jonathan’s proposals and swore that he would never again try to cause him harm for the rest of his life. 72 He handed over the prisoners he had previously taken captive from the land of Judah. Then he returned to his own land and never again came into their territory.
73 Thus the sword ceased from Israel. Jonathan settled in Michmash,[a] from where he began to serve as judge for the people and to exile the renegades from Israel.
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- 1 Maccabees 9:73 Michmash was eight miles northeast of Jerusalem and well known because of the deed of Jonathan, the son of Saul (see 1 Sam 14:5-23). Jonathan . . . began to serve as judge: Jonathan acted as a natural leader, as the leaders of the Book of Judges had done.
