1 Maccabees 7:36
Good News Translation
The priests went into the courtyard and stood facing the altar and the Temple. They started weeping and prayed,

New Revised Standard Version
At this the priests went in and stood before the altar and the temple; they wept and said,

Contemporary English Version
The priests returned to the temple courtyard, where they stared at the temple and the altar. Then with tears in their eyes, they prayed:

New American Bible
The priests, however, went in and stood before the altar and the sanctuary. They wept and said:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the priests went in, and stood before the face of the altar and the temple: and weeping, they said:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the priests went in, and stood before the face of the altar and the temple: and weeping, they said:

1 Maccabees 7:34
But he mocked and despised them, and abused them: and he spoke proudly,

1 Maccabees 7:35
And swore in anger, saying: Unless Judas and his army be delivered into my hands, as soon as ever I return in peace, I will burn this house. And he went out in a great rage.

1 Maccabees 7:37
Thou, O Lord, hast chosen this house for thy name to be called upon therein, that it might be a house of prayer and supplication for thy people.

1 Maccabees 7:38
Be avenged of this man, and his army, and let them fall by the sword: remember their blasphemies, and suffer them not to continue any longer.

Context
1 Maccabees 7
35And swore in anger, saying: Unless Judas and his army be delivered into my hands, as soon as ever I return in peace, I will burn this house. And he went out in a great rage. 36And the priests went in, and stood before the face of the altar and the temple: and weeping, they said: 37Thou, O Lord, hast chosen this house for thy name to be called upon therein, that it might be a house of prayer and supplication for thy people.…
Cross References
1 Maccabees 7:34
But he mocked and despised them, and abused them: and he spoke proudly,

1 Maccabees 7:35
And swore in anger, saying: Unless Judas and his army be delivered into my hands, as soon as ever I return in peace, I will burn this house. And he went out in a great rage.

1 Maccabees 7:37
Thou, O Lord, hast chosen this house for thy name to be called upon therein, that it might be a house of prayer and supplication for thy people.

1 Maccabees 7:38
Be avenged of this man, and his army, and let them fall by the sword: remember their blasphemies, and suffer them not to continue any longer.



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1 Maccabees 7:35
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