1 Maccabees 10:6
“Wherefore he gaue him authority to gather together an host, and to prouide weapons that hee might aide him in battell: he commaunded also that the hostages that were in the towre, should be deliuered him.”
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1 Maccabees 10:6 Context
4For, said hee, Let vs first make peace with him before he ioyne with Alexander against vs. 5Else he wil remember all the euils that we haue done against him, and against his brethren and his people. 6Wherefore he gaue him authority to gather together an host, and to prouide weapons that hee might aide him in battell: he commaunded also that the hostages that were in the towre, should be deliuered him. 7Then came Ionathan to Ierusalem, and read the letters in the audience of all the people, and of them that were in the towre. 8Who were sore afraid when they heard that the king had giuen him authoritie to gather together an host.
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Wherefore he gave him authority to gather together an host, and to provide weapons, that he might aid him in battle: he commanded also that the hostages that were in the tower should be delivered him.
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