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1 Maccabees 9:32-34
New Catholic Bible
1 Maccabees 9:32-34
New Catholic Bible
32 Jonathan and Simon Retaliate. When Bacchides learned of this, he made plans to kill Jonathan, 33 but Jonathan and his brother Simon and all who were with him heard about it, and they took refuge in the wilderness of Tekoa,[a] where they encamped by the waters of the pool of Asphar. 34 Bacchides learned of this on the Sabbath day, and he crossed the Jordan with his entire army.
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- 1 Maccabees 9:33 Tekoa was the home of the prophet Amos (Am 1:1) about five miles from Bethlehem.
