Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And Bacchides removed the camp from Jerusalem, and pitched in Bethzecha: and he sent, and took many of them that were fled away from him, and some of the people he killed, and threw them into a great pit. 1 Maccabees 7:17The flesh of thy saints, and the blood of them they have shed round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them. 1 Maccabees 7:18 Then fear and trembling fell upon all the people: for they said: There is no truth, nor justice among them: for they have broken the covenant, and the oath which they made. 1 Maccabees 7:20 Then he committed the country to Alcimus, and left with him troops to help him. So Bacchides went away to the king. 1 Maccabees 7:21 But Alcimus did what he could to maintain his chief priesthood. Context 1 Maccabees 7…18Then fear and trembling fell upon all the people: for they said: There is no truth, nor justice among them: for they have broken the covenant, and the oath which they made. 19And Bacchides removed the camp from Jerusalem, and pitched in Bethzecha: and he sent, and took many of them that were fled away from him, and some of the people he killed, and threw them into a great pit. 20Then he committed the country to Alcimus, and left with him troops to help him. So Bacchides went away to the king.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 7:17 The flesh of thy saints, and the blood of them they have shed round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them. 1 Maccabees 7:18 Then fear and trembling fell upon all the people: for they said: There is no truth, nor justice among them: for they have broken the covenant, and the oath which they made. 1 Maccabees 7:20 Then he committed the country to Alcimus, and left with him troops to help him. So Bacchides went away to the king. 1 Maccabees 7:21 But Alcimus did what he could to maintain his chief priesthood. |
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