Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Alcimus assured them of his peaceful intentions and solemnly promised that no harm would come to them or their friends. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And he spoke to them peaceably: and he swore to them, saying: We will do you no harm, nor your friends. 1 Maccabees 7:13And first the Assideans, that were among the children of Israel, and they sought peace of them. 1 Maccabees 7:14 For they said: One that is a priest of the seed of Aaron is come, he will not deceive us. 1 Maccabees 7:16 And they believed him. And he took threescore of them, and slew them in one day, according to the word that is written: 1 Maccabees 7:17 The flesh of thy saints, and the blood of them they have shed round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them. Context 1 Maccabees 7…14For they said: One that is a priest of the seed of Aaron is come, he will not deceive us. 15And he spoke to them peaceably: and he swore to them, saying: We will do you no harm, nor your friends. 16And they believed him. And he took threescore of them, and slew them in one day, according to the word that is written:… Cross References 1 Maccabees 7:13 And first the Assideans, that were among the children of Israel, and they sought peace of them. 1 Maccabees 7:14 For they said: One that is a priest of the seed of Aaron is come, he will not deceive us. 1 Maccabees 7:16 And they believed him. And he took threescore of them, and slew them in one day, according to the word that is written: 1 Maccabees 7:17 The flesh of thy saints, and the blood of them they have shed round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them. |