Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And it pleased all the people to establish Simon, and to do according to these words. 1 Maccabees 14:44And that it should not be lawful for any of the people, or of the priests, to disannul any of these things, or to gainsay his words, or to call together an assembly in the country without him: or to be clothed with purple, or to wear a buckle of gold. 1 Maccabees 14:45 And whosoever shall do otherwise, or shall make void any of these things, shall be punished. 1 Maccabees 14:47 And Simon accepted thereof, and was well pleased to execute the office of the high priesthood, and to be captain, and prince of the nation of the Jews, and of the priests, and to be chief over all. 1 Maccabees 14:48 And they commanded that this writing should be put in tables of brass, and that they should be set up within the compass of the sanctuary, in a conspicuous place: Context 1 Maccabees 14…45And whosoever shall do otherwise, or shall make void any of these things, shall be punished. 46And it pleased all the people to establish Simon, and to do according to these words. 47And Simon accepted thereof, and was well pleased to execute the office of the high priesthood, and to be captain, and prince of the nation of the Jews, and of the priests, and to be chief over all.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 14:44 And that it should not be lawful for any of the people, or of the priests, to disannul any of these things, or to gainsay his words, or to call together an assembly in the country without him: or to be clothed with purple, or to wear a buckle of gold. 1 Maccabees 14:45 And whosoever shall do otherwise, or shall make void any of these things, shall be punished. 1 Maccabees 14:47 And Simon accepted thereof, and was well pleased to execute the office of the high priesthood, and to be captain, and prince of the nation of the Jews, and of the priests, and to be chief over all. 1 Maccabees 14:48 And they commanded that this writing should be put in tables of brass, and that they should be set up within the compass of the sanctuary, in a conspicuous place: |