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1 Maccabees 8:7-9
Good News Translation
1 Maccabees 8:7-9
Good News Translation
7 They took him alive and forced him and his successors to pay heavy taxes, to give hostages, and to surrender 8 India, Media, Lydia, and some of their best lands. They took these and gave them to King Eumenes.[a]
9 When the Greeks made plans to attack and destroy them,
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- 1 Maccabees 8:8 king eumenes: This is King Eumenes II, king of Pergamum from 197–158 B.C.
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