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1 Maccabees 10:21-23
New Catholic Bible
1 Maccabees 10:21-23
New Catholic Bible
21 Jonathan put on the sacred vestments in the seventh month of the year one hundred and sixty, at the Feast of Booths.[a] He also raised an army and procured a large supply of arms.
22 Political Turning Point. When Demetrius learned of these developments, he was greatly distressed, and he said, 23 “How did we allow Alexander to get ahead of us in gaining the friendship of the Jews and thus strengthening his position?
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- 1 Maccabees 10:21 Jonathan . . . Feast of Booths: Jonathan’s tenure as high priest began around October 23–30, 152 B.C., after there had been no high priest in Jerusalem for seven years.
