Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And Simon being moved, did not destroy them but yet he cast them out of the city, and cleansed the houses wherein there had been idols, and then he entered into it with hymns, blessing the Lord: 1 Maccabees 13:45And 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. 1 Maccabees 13:46 And they said: Deal not with us according to our evil deeds, but according to thy mercy. 1 Maccabees 13:48 And having cast out of it all uncleanness, he placed in it men that should observe the law: and he fortified it, and made it his habitation. 1 Maccabees 13:49 But they that were in the castle of Jerusalem were hindered from going out and coming into the country, and from buying and selling: and they were straitened with hunger, and many of them perished through famine. Context 1 Maccabees 13…46And they said: Deal not with us according to our evil deeds, but according to thy mercy. 47And Simon being moved, did not destroy them but yet he cast them out of the city, and cleansed the houses wherein there had been idols, and then he entered into it with hymns, blessing the Lord: 48And having cast out of it all uncleanness, he placed in it men that should observe the law: and he fortified it, and made it his habitation.… Cross References 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. 1 Maccabees 13:46 And they said: Deal not with us according to our evil deeds, but according to thy mercy. 1 Maccabees 13:48 And having cast out of it all uncleanness, he placed in it men that should observe the law: and he fortified it, and made it his habitation. 1 Maccabees 13:49 But they that were in the castle of Jerusalem were hindered from going out and coming into the country, and from buying and selling: and they were straitened with hunger, and many of them perished through famine. |