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1 Maccabees 16:16-18
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
1 Maccabees 16:16-18
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
16 When Simon and his sons were drunk, Ptol′emy and his men rose up, took their weapons, and rushed in against Simon in the banquet hall, and they killed him and his two sons and some of his servants. 17 So he committed an act of great treachery and returned evil for good.
John Succeeds Simon
18 Then Ptol′emy wrote a report about these things and sent it to the king, asking him to send troops to aid him and to turn over to him the cities and the country.
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