Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation As for Joppa and Gezer, which you claim, we will give you 6,000 pounds of silver, in spite of the fact that the people of those cities have done great harm to our nation." Athenobius made no reply, New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And as to thy complaints concerning Joppe and Gazara, they did great harm to the people, and to our country: yet for these we will give a hundred talents. And Athenobius answered him not a word. 1 Maccabees 15:33And Simon answered him, and said to him: We have neither taken other men's land, neither do we hold that which is other men's, but the inheritance of our fathers, which was for some time unjustly possessed by our enemies. 1 Maccabees 15:34 But we having opportunity, claim the inheritance of our fathers. 1 Maccabees 15:36 But returning in a rage to the king, made report to him of these words, and of the glory of Simon, and of all that he had seen, and the king was exceeding angry. 1 Maccabees 15:37 And Tryphon fled away by ship to Orthosias. Context 1 Maccabees 15…34But we having opportunity, claim the inheritance of our fathers. 35And as to thy complaints concerning Joppe and Gazara, they did great harm to the people, and to our country: yet for these we will give a hundred talents. And Athenobius answered him not a word. 36But returning in a rage to the king, made report to him of these words, and of the glory of Simon, and of all that he had seen, and the king was exceeding angry.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 15:33 And Simon answered him, and said to him: We have neither taken other men's land, neither do we hold that which is other men's, but the inheritance of our fathers, which was for some time unjustly possessed by our enemies. 1 Maccabees 15:34 But we having opportunity, claim the inheritance of our fathers. 1 Maccabees 15:36 But returning in a rage to the king, made report to him of these words, and of the glory of Simon, and of all that he had seen, and the king was exceeding angry. 1 Maccabees 15:37 And Tryphon fled away by ship to Orthosias. |