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1 Maccabees 3:44-46
New Catholic Bible
1 Maccabees 3:44-46
New Catholic Bible
44 They then gathered together in a full assembly, both to prepare for battle and to offer prayers and implore mercy and compassion.
45 Jerusalem was uninhabited like a wilderness;
not one of her children entered or came out.
The sanctuary was trodden underfoot,
and foreigners had captured the citadel,
which had become a lodging place for the Gentiles.
Joy had vanished from Jacob;
the flute and the harp were silent.
46 After assembling, they made their way to Mizpah,[a] opposite Jerusalem, because in former times Mizpah had been a place of worship for Israel.
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- 1 Maccabees 3:46 Mizpah: political and religious center (see Jdg 20:1-3; 1 Sam 7:12) about eight miles north of Jerusalem along the way to Samaria. From there one could see the temple of Jerusalem, which had been profaned.
