Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation When Antiochus had firmly established himself as king, he decided to conquer Egypt and rule that country as well as Syria. Contemporary English Version Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And they made themselves prepuces, and departed from the holy covenant, and joined themselves to the heathens, and were sold to do evil: 1 Maccabees 1:14And some of the people determined to do this, and went to the king: and he gave them license to do after the ordinances of the heathens. 1 Maccabees 1:15 And they built a place of exercise in Jerusalem, according to the laws of the nations: 1 Maccabees 1:17 And the kingdom was established before Antiochus, and he had a mind to reign over the land of Egypt, that he might reign over two kingdoms. 1 Maccabees 1:18 And he entered into Egypt with a great multitude, with chariots, and elephants, and horsemen, and a great number of ships: Context 1 Maccabees 1…15And they built a place of exercise in Jerusalem, according to the laws of the nations: 16And they made themselves prepuces, and departed from the holy covenant, and joined themselves to the heathens, and were sold to do evil: 17And the kingdom was established before Antiochus, and he had a mind to reign over the land of Egypt, that he might reign over two kingdoms.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 1:14 And some of the people determined to do this, and went to the king: and he gave them license to do after the ordinances of the heathens. 1 Maccabees 1:15 And they built a place of exercise in Jerusalem, according to the laws of the nations: 1 Maccabees 1:17 And the kingdom was established before Antiochus, and he had a mind to reign over the land of Egypt, that he might reign over two kingdoms. 1 Maccabees 1:18 And he entered into Egypt with a great multitude, with chariots, and elephants, and horsemen, and a great number of ships: |
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