1 Maccabees 10:8
Good News Translation
These men were terrified when they learned that the king had given Jonathan authority to raise an army.

New Revised Standard Version
They were greatly alarmed when they heard that the king had given him authority to recruit troops.

Contemporary English Version
His enemies were terrified by the letter, because it allowed him to build up an army.

New American Bible
They were struck with fear when they heard that the king had given him authority to gather an army.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they were struck with great fear, because they heard that the king had given him authority to gather together an army.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And they were struck with great fear, because they heard that the king had given him authority to gather together an army.

1 Maccabees 10:6
And he gave him authority to gather together a army, and to make arms, and that he should be his confederate: and the hostages that were in the castle, he commanded to be delivered to him.

1 Maccabees 10:7
And Jonathan came to Jerusalem, and read the letters in the hearing of all the people, and of them that were in the castle.

1 Maccabees 10:9
And the hostages were delivered to Jonathan, and he restored them to their parents.

1 Maccabees 10:10
And Jonathan dwelt in Jerusalem, and began to build, and to repair the city.

Context
1 Maccabees 10
7And Jonathan came to Jerusalem, and read the letters in the hearing of all the people, and of them that were in the castle. 8And they were struck with great fear, because they heard that the king had given him authority to gather together an army. 9And the hostages were delivered to Jonathan, and he restored them to their parents.…
Cross References
1 Maccabees 10:6
And he gave him authority to gather together a army, and to make arms, and that he should be his confederate: and the hostages that were in the castle, he commanded to be delivered to him.

1 Maccabees 10:7
And Jonathan came to Jerusalem, and read the letters in the hearing of all the people, and of them that were in the castle.

1 Maccabees 10:9
And the hostages were delivered to Jonathan, and he restored them to their parents.

1 Maccabees 10:10
And Jonathan dwelt in Jerusalem, and began to build, and to repair the city.



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