Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Alcimus then began his struggle to establish himself as High Priest. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge But Alcimus did what he could to maintain his chief priesthood. 1 Maccabees 7:19And Bacchides removed the camp from Jerusalem, and pitched in Bethzecha: and he sent, and took many of them that were fled away from him, and some of the people he killed, and threw them into a great pit. 1 Maccabees 7:20 Then he committed the country to Alcimus, and left with him troops to help him. So Bacchides went away to the king. 1 Maccabees 7:22 And they that disturbed the people resorted to him, and they got the land of Juda into their power, and did much hurt in Israel. 1 Maccabees 7:23 And Judas saw all the evils that Alcimus, and they that were with him, did to the children of Israel, much more than the Gentiles. Context 1 Maccabees 7…20Then he committed the country to Alcimus, and left with him troops to help him. So Bacchides went away to the king. 21But Alcimus did what he could to maintain his chief priesthood. 22And they that disturbed the people resorted to him, and they got the land of Juda into their power, and did much hurt in Israel.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 7:19 And Bacchides removed the camp from Jerusalem, and pitched in Bethzecha: and he sent, and took many of them that were fled away from him, and some of the people he killed, and threw them into a great pit. 1 Maccabees 7:20 Then he committed the country to Alcimus, and left with him troops to help him. So Bacchides went away to the king. 1 Maccabees 7:22 And they that disturbed the people resorted to him, and they got the land of Juda into their power, and did much hurt in Israel. 1 Maccabees 7:23 And Judas saw all the evils that Alcimus, and they that were with him, did to the children of Israel, much more than the Gentiles. |
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