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1 Maccabees 11:19-21
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Maccabees 11:19-21
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
19 So Demetrius became king in the one hundred sixty-seventh year.(A)
Jonathan’s Diplomacy
20 In those days Jonathan assembled the Judeans to attack the citadel in Jerusalem, and he built many engines of war to use against it.(B) 21 But certain renegades who hated their nation went to the king and reported to him that Jonathan was besieging the citadel.(C)
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