1 Maccabees 1:20
“And after that Antiochus had smitten Egypt, he returned againe in the hundreth fortie and third yeere, and went vp against Israel and Ierusalem with a great multitude,”
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1 Maccabees 1:20 Context
18And made warre against Ptolomee king of Egypt, but Ptolomee was afraide of him, and fled: and many were wounded to death. 19Thus they got the strong cities in the land of Egypt, and hee tooke the spoiles thereof. 20And after that Antiochus had smitten Egypt, he returned againe in the hundreth fortie and third yeere, and went vp against Israel and Ierusalem with a great multitude, 21And entred proudly into the sanctuarie, and tooke away the golden altar, and the candlesticke of light, and all the vessels thereof, 22And the table of the shewbread, and the powring vessels, and the vials, and the censers of gold, & the vaile, and the crownes, & the golden ornaments that were before the temple, all which he pulled off.
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And after that Antiochus had smitten Egypt, he returned again in the hundred forty and third year, and went up against Israel and Jerusalem with a great multitude,
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