Treasury of Scripture Knowledge In those days Simon besieged Gaza, and camped round about it, and he made engines, and set them to the city, and he struck one tower, and took it. 1 Maccabees 13:41In the year one hundred and seventy, the yoke of the Gentiles was taken off from Israel. 1 Maccabees 13:42 And the people of Israel began to write in the instruments, and public records, The first year under Simon, the high priest, the great captain, and prince of the Jews. 1 Maccabees 13:44 And they that were within the engine leapt into the city: and there was a great uproar in the city. 1 Maccabees 13:45 And they that were in the city went up, with their wives and children, upon the wall, with their garments rent, and they cried with a loud voice, beseeching Simon to grant them peace. Context 1 Maccabees 13…42And the people of Israel began to write in the instruments, and public records, The first year under Simon, the high priest, the great captain, and prince of the Jews. 43In those days Simon besieged Gaza, and camped round about it, and he made engines, and set them to the city, and he struck one tower, and took it. 44And they that were within the engine leapt into the city: and there was a great uproar in the city.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 13:41 In the year one hundred and seventy, the yoke of the Gentiles was taken off from Israel. 1 Maccabees 13:42 And the people of Israel began to write in the instruments, and public records, The first year under Simon, the high priest, the great captain, and prince of the Jews. 1 Maccabees 13:44 And they that were within the engine leapt into the city: and there was a great uproar in the city. 1 Maccabees 13:45 And they that were in the city went up, with their wives and children, upon the wall, with their garments rent, and they cried with a loud voice, beseeching Simon to grant them peace. |
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