Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Now the days drew near that Mathathias should die, and he said to his sons: Now hath pride and chastisement gotten strength, and the time of destruction, and the wrath of indignation: 1 Maccabees 2:47And they pursued after the children of pride, and the work prospered in their hands: 1 Maccabees 2:48 And they recovered the law out of the hands of the nations, and out of the hands of the kings: and they yielded not the horn to the sinner. 1 Maccabees 2:50 Now, therefore, O my sons, be ye zealous for the law, and give your lives for the covenant of your fathers. 1 Maccabees 2:51 And call to remembrance the works of the fathers, which they have done in their generations: and you shall receive great glory, and an everlasting name. Context 1 Maccabees 2…48And they recovered the law out of the hands of the nations, and out of the hands of the kings: and they yielded not the horn to the sinner. 49Now the days drew near that Mathathias should die, and he said to his sons: Now hath pride and chastisement gotten strength, and the time of destruction, and the wrath of indignation: 50Now, therefore, O my sons, be ye zealous for the law, and give your lives for the covenant of your fathers.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 2:47 And they pursued after the children of pride, and the work prospered in their hands: 1 Maccabees 2:48 And they recovered the law out of the hands of the nations, and out of the hands of the kings: and they yielded not the horn to the sinner. 1 Maccabees 2:50 Now, therefore, O my sons, be ye zealous for the law, and give your lives for the covenant of your fathers. 1 Maccabees 2:51 And call to remembrance the works of the fathers, which they have done in their generations: and you shall receive great glory, and an everlasting name. |
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