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1 Maccabees 6:49
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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. 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.
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