Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation but he brought back many prisoners of war and captured Gezer, Bethzur, and the fort in Jerusalem. He purified the fort, and there was no one to oppose him. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And he gathered together a great number of captives, and had the dominion of Gazara, and of Bethsura, and of the castle: and took away all uncleanness out of it, and there was none that resisted him. 1 Maccabees 14:5And with all his glory he took Joppe for a haven, and made an entrance to the isles of the sea. 1 Maccabees 14:6 And he enlarged the bounds of his nation, and made himself master of the country. 1 Maccabees 14:8 And every man tilled his land with peace, and the land of Juda yielded her increase, and the trees of the fields their fruit. 1 Maccabees 14:9 The ancient men sat all in the streets, and treated together of the good things of the land, and the young men put on them glory, and the robes of war. Context 1 Maccabees 14…6And he enlarged the bounds of his nation, and made himself master of the country. 7And he gathered together a great number of captives, and had the dominion of Gazara, and of Bethsura, and of the castle: and took away all uncleanness out of it, and there was none that resisted him. 8And every man tilled his land with peace, and the land of Juda yielded her increase, and the trees of the fields their fruit.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 14:5 And with all his glory he took Joppe for a haven, and made an entrance to the isles of the sea. 1 Maccabees 14:6 And he enlarged the bounds of his nation, and made himself master of the country. 1 Maccabees 14:8 And every man tilled his land with peace, and the land of Juda yielded her increase, and the trees of the fields their fruit. 1 Maccabees 14:9 The ancient men sat all in the streets, and treated together of the good things of the land, and the young men put on them glory, and the robes of war. |