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1 Maccabees 15:14-16
New Catholic Bible
1 Maccabees 15:14-16
New Catholic Bible
14 He surrounded the town while his ships intensified the blockade from the sea. He thus put pressure on the town from land and sea, and he permitted no one to leave or to enter it.
15 Rome Issues an Edict in Favor of the Jews. In the meantime, Numenius and his companions arrived from Rome with letters such as this addressed to the various kings and nations:
16 [a]“Lucius, the consul of the Romans, sends greetings to King Ptolemy.
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- 1 Maccabees 15:16 This letter brings the reader back (1 Mac 14:24). The circular is concerned with all the countries where there is a large Jewish community. This indicates that at the middle of the second century B.C. there were many Jews residing outside Palestine. Lucius: perhaps Lucius Caecilius Metellus, consul in 142 B.C. or Lucius Calpurnius Piso, consul in 140–139 B.C. Ptolemy VII Physcon reigned 145–116 B.C.
