1 Maccabees 3:48
“And laide open the booke of the Law, wherein þe heathen had sought to paint the likenesse of their images.”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
Viewing the original 1611 KJV with archaic English spelling.
Click to switch to the Standard KJV.
Why is 1 Maccabees shown with the King James Bible?
1 Maccabees 3:48 Context
46Wherefore the Israelites assembled themselues together, and came to Maspha ouer-against Ierusalem; for in Maspha was the place where they prayed aforetime in Israel. 47Then they fasted that day, and put on sackecloth, and cast ashes vpon their heads, and rent their clothes: 48And laide open the booke of the Law, wherein þe heathen had sought to paint the likenesse of their images. 49They brought also the Priestes garments, and the first fruits, and the tithes, and the Nazarites they stirred vp, who had accomplished their dayes. 50Then cried they with a loud voice toward heauen, saying, What shall we doe with these, and whither shall wee cary them away?
Share This Verse:
And laid open the book of the law, wherein the heathen had sought to paint the likeness of their images.
- King James Version