Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And the priests went in, and stood before the face of the altar and the temple: and weeping, they said: 1 Maccabees 7:34But he mocked and despised them, and abused them: and he spoke proudly, 1 Maccabees 7:35 And swore in anger, saying: Unless Judas and his army be delivered into my hands, as soon as ever I return in peace, I will burn this house. And he went out in a great rage. 1 Maccabees 7:37 Thou, O Lord, hast chosen this house for thy name to be called upon therein, that it might be a house of prayer and supplication for thy people. 1 Maccabees 7:38 Be avenged of this man, and his army, and let them fall by the sword: remember their blasphemies, and suffer them not to continue any longer. Context 1 Maccabees 7…35And swore in anger, saying: Unless Judas and his army be delivered into my hands, as soon as ever I return in peace, I will burn this house. And he went out in a great rage. 36And the priests went in, and stood before the face of the altar and the temple: and weeping, they said: 37Thou, O Lord, hast chosen this house for thy name to be called upon therein, that it might be a house of prayer and supplication for thy people.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 7:34 But he mocked and despised them, and abused them: and he spoke proudly, 1 Maccabees 7:35 And swore in anger, saying: Unless Judas and his army be delivered into my hands, as soon as ever I return in peace, I will burn this house. And he went out in a great rage. 1 Maccabees 7:37 Thou, O Lord, hast chosen this house for thy name to be called upon therein, that it might be a house of prayer and supplication for thy people. 1 Maccabees 7:38 Be avenged of this man, and his army, and let them fall by the sword: remember their blasphemies, and suffer them not to continue any longer. |