Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And they went to Rome, a very long journey, and they entered into the senate house, and said: 1 Maccabees 8:17So Judas chose Eupolemus, the son of John, the son of Jacob, and Jason, the son of Eleazar, and he sent them to Rome to make a league of amity and confederacy with them: 1 Maccabees 8:18 And that they might take off from them the yoke of the Grecians, for they saw that they oppressed the kingdom of Israel with servitude. 1 Maccabees 8:20 Judas Machabeus, and his brethren, and the people of the Jews, have sent us to you to make alliance and peace with you, and that we may be registered your confederates and friends. 1 Maccabees 8:21 And the proposal was pleasing in their sight. Context 1 Maccabees 8…18And that they might take off from them the yoke of the Grecians, for they saw that they oppressed the kingdom of Israel with servitude. 19And they went to Rome, a very long journey, and they entered into the senate house, and said: 20Judas Machabeus, and his brethren, and the people of the Jews, have sent us to you to make alliance and peace with you, and that we may be registered your confederates and friends.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 8:17 So Judas chose Eupolemus, the son of John, the son of Jacob, and Jason, the son of Eleazar, and he sent them to Rome to make a league of amity and confederacy with them: 1 Maccabees 8:18 And that they might take off from them the yoke of the Grecians, for they saw that they oppressed the kingdom of Israel with servitude. 1 Maccabees 8:20 Judas Machabeus, and his brethren, and the people of the Jews, have sent us to you to make alliance and peace with you, and that we may be registered your confederates and friends. 1 Maccabees 8:21 And the proposal was pleasing in their sight. |
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