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1 Maccabees 12:34-36
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Maccabees 12:34-36
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
34 for he had heard that they were ready to hand over the stronghold to those whom Demetrius had sent. And he stationed a garrison there to guard it.(A)
35 When Jonathan returned he convened the elders of the people and planned with them to build strongholds in Judea,(B) 36 to build the walls of Jerusalem still higher, and to erect a high barrier between the citadel and the city to separate it from the city, in order to isolate it so that its garrison[a] could neither buy nor sell.(C)
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