1 Maccabees 6:3
“Wherefore he came and sought to take the citie, and to spoile it, but he was not able, because they of the citie hauing had warning thereof,”
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1 Maccabees 6:3 Context
1About that time king Antiochus trauailing through the high countreys, heard say that Elimais in the countrey of Persia, was a citie greatly renowned for riches, siluer, and gold, 2And that there was in it a very rich temple, wherein were couerings of gold, and brestplates, and shields which Alexander sonne of Philippe the Macedonian King, who reigned first among the Grecians, had left there. 3Wherefore he came and sought to take the citie, and to spoile it, but he was not able, because they of the citie hauing had warning thereof, 4Rose vp against him in battell: So he fled and departed thence with great heauinesse, and returned to Babylon. 5Moreouer there came one, who brought in tidings into Persia, that the armies which went against the land of Iudea, were put to flight:
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Wherefore he came and sought to take the city, and to spoil it; but he was not able, because they of the city, having had warning thereof,
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