1 Maccabees 10:8
“Who were sore afraid when they heard that the king had giuen him authoritie to gather together an host.”
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1 Maccabees 10:8 Context
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. 9Whereupon they of the towre deliuered their hostages vnto Ionathan, & he deliuered them vnto their parents. 10This done, Ionathan setled himselfe in Ierusalem, and began to build and repaire the citie.
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Who were sore afraid, when they heard that the king had given him authority to gather together an host.
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