1 Maccabees 9:25
Good News Translation
Bacchides deliberately appointed some renegade Jews as rulers over the country.

New Revised Standard Version
Bacchides chose the godless and put them in charge of the country.

Contemporary English Version
Bacchides appointed some godless people to rule the country,

New American Bible
Bacchides chose renegades and made them masters of the country.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Bacchides chose the wicked men, and made them lords of the country:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Bacchides chose the wicked men, and made them lords of the country:

1 Maccabees 9:23
And it came to pass, after the death of Judas, that the wicked began to put forth their heads in all the confines of Israel, and all the workers of iniquity rose up.

1 Maccabees 9:24
In those days there was a very great famine, and they and all their country yielded to Bacchides.

1 Maccabees 9:26
And they sought out, and made diligent search after the friends of Judas, and brought them to Bacchides, and he took vengeance of them, and abused them.

1 Maccabees 9:27
And there was a great tribulation in Israel, such as was not since the day, that there was no prophet seen in Israel.

Context
1 Maccabees 9
24In those days there was a very great famine, and they and all their country yielded to Bacchides. 25And Bacchides chose the wicked men, and made them lords of the country: 26And they sought out, and made diligent search after the friends of Judas, and brought them to Bacchides, and he took vengeance of them, and abused them.…
Cross References
1 Maccabees 9:23
And it came to pass, after the death of Judas, that the wicked began to put forth their heads in all the confines of Israel, and all the workers of iniquity rose up.

1 Maccabees 9:24
In those days there was a very great famine, and they and all their country yielded to Bacchides.

1 Maccabees 9:26
And they sought out, and made diligent search after the friends of Judas, and brought them to Bacchides, and he took vengeance of them, and abused them.

1 Maccabees 9:27
And there was a great tribulation in Israel, such as was not since the day, that there was no prophet seen in Israel.



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1 Maccabees 9:24
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