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1 Maccabees 15:37-39
New Catholic Bible
1 Maccabees 15:37-39
New Catholic Bible
37 The Syrian Army Invades Judea.[a] Meanwhile Trypho boarded a ship and escaped to Orthosia. 38 Then the king appointed Cendebeus as commander-in-chief of the coastal region and gave him infantry and cavalry forces. 39 He ordered him to deploy his troops against Judea, to rebuild Kedron[b] and fortify its gates, and to make war on the Jewish people while the king himself continued his pursuit of Trypho.
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- 1 Maccabees 15:37 Upon Trypho’s death, the king concerns himself with imposing his power. In 138 B.C., the war breaks out anew. Orthosia: a port between Tripoli and the Eleutherus River.
- 1 Maccabees 15:39 Kedron: a place southeast of Jamnia opposite the fortress of Gazara held by John Hyrcanus.
