Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Then Judas and his men assembled and marched to Mizpah, opposite Jerusalem, because the people of Israel had previously had a place of worship there. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And they assembled together, and came to Maspha, over against Jerusalem: for in Maspha was a place of prayer heretofore in Israel. 1 Maccabees 3:44And the assembly was gathered, that they might be ready for battle, and that they might pray, and ask mercy and compassion. 1 Maccabees 3:45 Now Jerusalem was not inhabited, but was like a desert: there was none of her children that went in or out: and the sanctuary was trodden down: and the children of strangers were in the castle, there was the habitation of the Gentiles: and joy was taken away from Jacob, and the pipe and harp ceased there. 1 Maccabees 3:47 And they fasted that day, and put on haircloth, and put ashes upon their heads: and they rent their garments: 1 Maccabees 3:48 And they laid open the books of the law, in which the Gentiles searched for the likeness of their idols: Context 1 Maccabees 3…45Now Jerusalem was not inhabited, but was like a desert: there was none of her children that went in or out: and the sanctuary was trodden down: and the children of strangers were in the castle, there was the habitation of the Gentiles: and joy was taken away from Jacob, and the pipe and harp ceased there. 46And they assembled together, and came to Maspha, over against Jerusalem: for in Maspha was a place of prayer heretofore in Israel. 47And they fasted that day, and put on haircloth, and put ashes upon their heads: and they rent their garments:… Cross References 1 Maccabees 3:44 And the assembly was gathered, that they might be ready for battle, and that they might pray, and ask mercy and compassion. 1 Maccabees 3:45 Now Jerusalem was not inhabited, but was like a desert: there was none of her children that went in or out: and the sanctuary was trodden down: and the children of strangers were in the castle, there was the habitation of the Gentiles: and joy was taken away from Jacob, and the pipe and harp ceased there. 1 Maccabees 3:47 And they fasted that day, and put on haircloth, and put ashes upon their heads: and they rent their garments: 1 Maccabees 3:48 And they laid open the books of the law, in which the Gentiles searched for the likeness of their idols: |
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