1 Maccabees 9:43
“Now when Bacchides heard hereof, hee came on the Sabbath day vnto the banks of Iordan with a great power.”
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1 Maccabees 9:43 Context
41Thus was the mariage turned into mourning, and the noise of their melody into lamentation. 42So when they had auenged fully the blood of their brother, they turned againe to the marish of Iordan. 43Now when Bacchides heard hereof, hee came on the Sabbath day vnto the banks of Iordan with a great power. 44Then Ionathan sayde to his company, Let vs goe vp now and fight for our liues, for it standeth not with vs to day, as in time past: 45For behold, the battell is before vs and behinde vs, and the water of Iordan on this side and that side, the marish likewise and wood, neither is there place for vs to turne aside.
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Now when Bacchides heard hereof, he came on the sabbath day unto the banks of Jordan with a great power.
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