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1 Maccabees 6:49-51
New Catholic Bible
1 Maccabees 6:49-51
New Catholic Bible
49 He made terms of peace with the people of Beth-zur, and they evacuated the town, for they had no provisions there that would enable them to withstand a siege, since that was a sabbatical year[a] in the land. 50 The king then occupied Beth-zur and stationed a garrison there to defend it.
51 He besieged the sanctuary for many days, employing artillery, engines of war to hurl fire and stones, machines to shoot arrows, and catapults.
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- 1 Maccabees 6:49 Sabbatical year: every seventh year the land had to lie fallow (Ex 23:11; Lev 25:3-7); this is the only time that the application of the law is recorded. The year without a harvest was followed by a shortage of food.
