1 Maccabees 6:62
“Then the King entred into mount Sion, but when hee saw the strength of the place, hee brake his oath that hee had made, and gaue commandement to pull downe the wall round about.”
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1 Maccabees 6:62 Context
60So the King and the Princes were content: wherefore hee sent vnto them to make peace, and they accepted thereof. 61Also the King and the Princes made an oath vnto them: whereupon they went out of the strong hold. 62Then the King entred into mount Sion, but when hee saw the strength of the place, hee brake his oath that hee had made, and gaue commandement to pull downe the wall round about. 63Afterward departed hee in all haste, and returned vnto Antiochia, where hee found Philip to bee master of the citie; So he fought against him, and tooke the citie by force.
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Then the king entered into mount Sion; but when he saw the strength of the place, he broke his oath that he had made, and gave commandment to pull down the wall round about.
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