1 Maccabees 14:30

1 Maccabees 14:30 Context

²⁸At Saramel in the great congregation of the priests and people, and rulers of the nation, & elders of the country, were these things notified vnto vs. ²⁹Forsomuch as often times there haue bin warres in the countrey, wherin for the maintenance of their Sanctuarie, and the law, Simon the sonne of Mattathias of the posteritie of Iarib, together with his brethren, put themselues in ieopardie, and resisting the enemies of their nation, did their nation great honour. ³⁰(For after that Ionathan hauing gathered his nation together, and bene their hie priest, was added to his people, ³¹Their enemies purposed to inuade their countrey that they might destroy it, and lay hands on the Sanctuary. ³²At which time Simon rose vp, and fought for his nation, and spent much of his own substance, & armed the valiant men of his nation, & gaue them wages,

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