Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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 8:18And that they might take off from them the yoke of the Grecians, for they saw that they oppressed the kingdom of Israel with servitude. 1 Maccabees 8:19 And they went to Rome, a very long journey, and they entered into the senate house, and said: 1 Maccabees 8:21 And the proposal was pleasing in their sight. 1 Maccabees 8:22 And this is the copy of the writing that they wrote back again, graven in tables of brass, and sent to Jerusalem, that it might be with them there for a memorial of the peace, and alliance. Context 1 Maccabees 8…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. 21And the proposal was pleasing in their sight.… Cross References 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 8:19 And they went to Rome, a very long journey, and they entered into the senate house, and said: 1 Maccabees 8:21 And the proposal was pleasing in their sight. 1 Maccabees 8:22 And this is the copy of the writing that they wrote back again, graven in tables of brass, and sent to Jerusalem, that it might be with them there for a memorial of the peace, and alliance. |
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