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1 Maccabees 14:15-17
New Catholic Bible
1 Maccabees 14:15-17
New Catholic Bible
15 He enhanced the splendor of the temple
and enriched it with many sacred vessels.
16 Renewal of the Alliance with Rome and Sparta. When the people heard in Rome and as far away as Sparta that Jonathan had died, they were deeply grieved.[a] 17 But when they heard that his brother Simon had succeeded him as high priest and that he was governing the country and the towns in it,
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- 1 Maccabees 14:16 The embassy to Rome and Sparta took place soon after Simon’s accession to power and the replies were received before Demetrius’s expedition (vv. 1-3)—probably in 142 B.C.
