1 Maccabees 9:3

1 Maccabees 9:3 Context

¹Furthermore, when Demetrius heard that Nicanor and his hoste were slaine in battell, hee sent Bacchides and Alcimus into the land of Iudea the second time, and with them the chiefe strength of his hoste. ²Who went forth by the way that leadeth to Galgala, and pitched their tents before Masaloth, which is in Arbela, and after they had wonne it, they slew much people. ³Also the first moneth of the hundred fiftie and second yeere, they encamped before Ierusalem. ⁴From whence they remoued and went to Berea, with twentie thousand footmen, and two thousand horsemen. ⁵Now Iudas had pitched his tents at Eleasa, and three thousand chosen men with him.

▲ View Chapter

Share This Verse:      

| View 1611 Bible Scan