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1 Maccabees 14:3-5
New Catholic Bible
1 Maccabees 14:3-5
New Catholic Bible
3 The general marched forth and defeated the army of Demetrius. He captured him and brought him to Arsaces, who imprisoned him.
Glory of Simon[a]
4 The land was at peace all the days of Simon,
who sought the good of his people.
They were pleased at his rule
and with his magnificence throughout his life.
5 The crowning point of his glory was his capture of the port of Joppa,
affording him a gateway to the isles of the sea.
Footnotes
- 1 Maccabees 14:4 The author rediscovers his poetic inspiration to exalt the new hero. The traditional biblical images help him to sketch the picture of a time of peace and prosperity that announces the kingdom of the Messiah (Isa 9:1-5; Zec 3:10; 8:4f; 1 Ki 5:4f). The component reveals the religious soul of Israel in the second century B.C.: in it are reunited the ideal of poverty sung by the prophets (Zep 3:12; Ps 18:28) and the cultic legalistic ideal of the doctors of the temple (Pss 1; 118).
