1 Maccabees 16:20
“And others he sent to take Ierusalem, and the mountaine of the temple.”
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1 Maccabees 16:20 Context
18Then Ptolome wrote these things, and sent to the king, that he should send him an hoste to aide him, and he would deliuer him the countrey and cities. 19He sent others also to Gazara to kill Iohn, & vnto the tribunes he sent letters to come vnto him, that he might giue them siluer, and golde, & rewards. 20And others he sent to take Ierusalem, and the mountaine of the temple. 21Now one had runne afore to Gazara, and tolde Iohn that his father and brethren were slaine, and [quoth he] Ptolome hath sent to slay thee also. 22Hereof when he heard, hee was sore astonished: So he laide hands on them that were come to destroy him, and slew them, for hee knew that they sought to make him away.
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And others he sent to take Jerusalem, and the mountain of the temple.
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