Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation The people worked together to strengthen the city's defenses because a part of the east wall along the Kidron Valley had collapsed and the Chaphenatha section was in need of repair. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And they came together to build up the city: for the wall that was upon the brook, towards the east, was broken down, and he repaired that which is called Caphetetha: 1 Maccabees 12:35And Jonathan came back, and called together the ancients of the people; and he took a resolution with them to build fortresses in Judea, 1 Maccabees 12:36 And to build up walls in Jerusalem, and raise a mount between the castle and the city, to separate it from the city, that so it might have no communication, and that they might neither buy nor sell. 1 Maccabees 12:38 And Simon built Adiada in Sephela, and fortified it, and set up gates and bars. 1 Maccabees 12:39 Now when Tryphon had conceived a design to make himself king of Asia and to take the crown, and to stretch out his hand against king Antiochus: Context 1 Maccabees 12…36And to build up walls in Jerusalem, and raise a mount between the castle and the city, to separate it from the city, that so it might have no communication, and that they might neither buy nor sell. 37And they came together to build up the city: for the wall that was upon the brook, towards the east, was broken down, and he repaired that which is called Caphetetha: 38And Simon built Adiada in Sephela, and fortified it, and set up gates and bars.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 12:35 And Jonathan came back, and called together the ancients of the people; and he took a resolution with them to build fortresses in Judea, 1 Maccabees 12:36 And to build up walls in Jerusalem, and raise a mount between the castle and the city, to separate it from the city, that so it might have no communication, and that they might neither buy nor sell. 1 Maccabees 12:38 And Simon built Adiada in Sephela, and fortified it, and set up gates and bars. 1 Maccabees 12:39 Now when Tryphon had conceived a design to make himself king of Asia and to take the crown, and to stretch out his hand against king Antiochus: |