1 Maccabees 10:22

1 Maccabees 10:22 Context

²⁰Wherefore now this day we ordaine thee to bee the high priest of thy nation, and to be called the kings friend, (and there withall he sent him a purple robe and a crowne of gold) to take our part, and keepe friendship with vs. ²¹So in the seuenth moneth of the hundreth and sixtieth yere, at the feast of the Tabernacles, Ionathan put on the holy robe, and gathered together forces, and prouided much armour. ²²Wherof when Demetrius heard, he was very sory, and said, ²³What haue we done that Alexander hath preuented vs, in making amity with the Iewes to strengthen himself? ²⁴I also will write vnto them words of encouragement [and promise them] dignities and gifts, that I may haue their ayde.

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