Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation When this happened, all the people were afraid of Alcimus and Bacchides, and they said, "They don't know what truth or justice means. They gave their solemn word and then broke it!" New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Then fear and trembling fell upon all the people: for they said: There is no truth, nor justice among them: for they have broken the covenant, and the oath which they made. 1 Maccabees 7:16And 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. 1 Maccabees 7:19 And Bacchides removed the camp from Jerusalem, and pitched in Bethzecha: and he sent, and took many of them that were fled away from him, and some of the people he killed, and threw them into a great pit. 1 Maccabees 7:20 Then he committed the country to Alcimus, and left with him troops to help him. So Bacchides went away to the king. Context 1 Maccabees 7…17The flesh of thy saints, and the blood of them they have shed round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them. 18Then fear and trembling fell upon all the people: for they said: There is no truth, nor justice among them: for they have broken the covenant, and the oath which they made. 19And Bacchides removed the camp from Jerusalem, and pitched in Bethzecha: and he sent, and took many of them that were fled away from him, and some of the people he killed, and threw them into a great pit.… Cross References 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. 1 Maccabees 7:19 And Bacchides removed the camp from Jerusalem, and pitched in Bethzecha: and he sent, and took many of them that were fled away from him, and some of the people he killed, and threw them into a great pit. 1 Maccabees 7:20 Then he committed the country to Alcimus, and left with him troops to help him. So Bacchides went away to the king. |