1 Maccabees 1:50
Good News Translation
him to arrange a truce and stop the Jewish attack.

New Revised Standard Version
“Grant us peace, and make the Jews stop fighting against us and our city.”

Contemporary English Version
"Please make peace with us! Order the Jews to stop attacking us and our city."

New American Bible
“Extend the hand of friendship to us, and make the Jews stop attacking us and the city.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
Grant us peace, and let the Jews cease from assaulting us, and the city.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Grant us peace, and let the Jews cease from assaulting us, and the city.

1 Maccabees 11:48
And they slew in that day a hundred thousand men, and they set fire to the city, and got many spoils that day, and delivered the king.

1 Maccabees 11:49
And they that were of the city saw that the Jews had got the city as they would: and they were discouraged in their mind, and cried to the king, making supplication, and saying

1 Maccabees 11:51
And they threw down their arms, and made peace, and the Jews were glorified in the sight of the king, and in the sight of all that were in his realm, and were renowned throughout the kingdom, and returned to Jerusalem with many spoils.

1 Maccabees 11:52
So king Demetrius sat in the throne of his kingdom: and the land was quiet before him.

Context
1 Maccabees 1
49And they that were of the city saw that the Jews had got the city as they would: and they were discouraged in their mind, and cried to the king, making supplication, and saying 50Grant us peace, and let the Jews cease from assaulting us, and the city. 51And they threw down their arms, and made peace, and the Jews were glorified in the sight of the king, and in the sight of all that were in his realm, and were renowned throughout the kingdom, and returned to Jerusalem with many spoils.…
Cross References
1 Maccabees 11:48
And they slew in that day a hundred thousand men, and they set fire to the city, and got many spoils that day, and delivered the king.

1 Maccabees 11:49
And they that were of the city saw that the Jews had got the city as they would: and they were discouraged in their mind, and cried to the king, making supplication, and saying

1 Maccabees 11:51
And they threw down their arms, and made peace, and the Jews were glorified in the sight of the king, and in the sight of all that were in his realm, and were renowned throughout the kingdom, and returned to Jerusalem with many spoils.

1 Maccabees 11:52
So king Demetrius sat in the throne of his kingdom: and the land was quiet before him.



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1 Maccabees 11:49
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