Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation At that time Demetrius sent Jonathan a friendly letter full of flattery, New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And Demetrius sent a letter to Jonathan, with peaceable words, to magnify him. 1 Maccabees 10:1Now in the hundred and sixtieth year, Alexander, the son of Antiochus, surnamed the Illustrious, came up and took Ptolemais, and they received him, and he reigned there. 1 Maccabees 10:2 And king Demetrius heard of it, and gathered together an exceeding great army, and went forth against him to fight. 1 Maccabees 10:4 For he said: Let us first make a peace with him, before he make one with Alexander against us. 1 Maccabees 10:5 For he will remember all the evils that we have done against him, and against his brother, and against his nation. Context 1 Maccabees 10…2And king Demetrius heard of it, and gathered together an exceeding great army, and went forth against him to fight. 3And Demetrius sent a letter to Jonathan, with peaceable words, to magnify him. 4For he said: Let us first make a peace with him, before he make one with Alexander against us.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 10:1 Now in the hundred and sixtieth year, Alexander, the son of Antiochus, surnamed the Illustrious, came up and took Ptolemais, and they received him, and he reigned there. 1 Maccabees 10:2 And king Demetrius heard of it, and gathered together an exceeding great army, and went forth against him to fight. 1 Maccabees 10:4 For he said: Let us first make a peace with him, before he make one with Alexander against us. 1 Maccabees 10:5 For he will remember all the evils that we have done against him, and against his brother, and against his nation. |
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