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1 Maccabees 14:26-28
Good News Translation
1 Maccabees 14:26-28
Good News Translation
26 He, his brothers, and his father's whole family have been towers of strength for our nation. They have fought off our enemies and set the nation free.
So they recorded this on bronze tablets and set them up on columns on Mount Zion. 27 The inscription read as follows:
On the eighteenth day of the month of Elul in the year 172,[a] that is, in the third year of Simon, the High Priest,[b] 28 at a great assembly of priests, people, officials, and national leaders the following facts were made known to us:
Footnotes
- 1 Maccabees 14:27 the year 172: This corresponds to 140 B.C.
- 1 Maccabees 14:27 Greek has an additional word, the meaning of which is unclear.
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