Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation They helped some men to become kings, while they deposed others; they had become a world power. New Revised Standard Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge That whom they had a mind to help to a kingdom, those reigned: and whom they would, they deposed from the kingdom: and they were greatly exalted. 1 Maccabees 8:11And the other kingdoms, and islands, that at any time had resisted them, they had destroyed and brought under their power. 1 Maccabees 8:12 But with their friends, and such as relied upon them, they kept amity, and had conquered kingdoms that were near, and that were far off: for all that heard their name, were afraid of them. 1 Maccabees 8:14 And none of all these wore a crown, or was clothed in purple, to be magnified thereby. 1 Maccabees 8:15 And that they had made themselves a senate house, and consulted daily three hundred and twenty men, that sat in counsel always for the people, that they might do the things that were right: Context 1 Maccabees 8…12But with their friends, and such as relied upon them, they kept amity, and had conquered kingdoms that were near, and that were far off: for all that heard their name, were afraid of them. 13That whom they had a mind to help to a kingdom, those reigned: and whom they would, they deposed from the kingdom: and they were greatly exalted. 14And none of all these wore a crown, or was clothed in purple, to be magnified thereby.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 8:11 And the other kingdoms, and islands, that at any time had resisted them, they had destroyed and brought under their power. 1 Maccabees 8:12 But with their friends, and such as relied upon them, they kept amity, and had conquered kingdoms that were near, and that were far off: for all that heard their name, were afraid of them. 1 Maccabees 8:14 And none of all these wore a crown, or was clothed in purple, to be magnified thereby. 1 Maccabees 8:15 And that they had made themselves a senate house, and consulted daily three hundred and twenty men, that sat in counsel always for the people, that they might do the things that were right: |