1 Maccabees 7:4
Good News Translation
So the soldiers killed them, and Demetrius took the throne.

New Revised Standard Version
So the army killed them, and Demetrius took his seat on the throne of his kingdom.

Contemporary English Version
The soldiers put them to death, and he took command of the whole kingdom.

New American Bible
So the soldiers killed them, and Demetrius assumed the royal throne.

Douay-Rheims Bible
So the army slew them. And Demetrius sat upon the throne of his kingdom:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

So the army slew them. And Demetrius sat upon the throne of his kingdom:

1 Maccabees 7:2
And it came to pass as he entered into the house of the kingdom of his fathers, that the army seized upon Antiochus, and Lysias, to bring them unto him.

1 Maccabees 7:3
And when he knew it, he said: Let me not see their face.

1 Maccabees 7:5
And there came to him the wicked and ungodly men of Israel: and Alcimus was at the head of them, who desired to be made high priest.

1 Maccabees 7:6
And they accused the people to the king, saying: Judas and his brethren have destroyed all thy friends, and he hath driven us out of our land.

Context
1 Maccabees 7
3And when he knew it, he said: Let me not see their face. 4So the army slew them. And Demetrius sat upon the throne of his kingdom: 5And there came to him the wicked and ungodly men of Israel: and Alcimus was at the head of them, who desired to be made high priest.…
Cross References
1 Maccabees 7:2
And it came to pass as he entered into the house of the kingdom of his fathers, that the army seized upon Antiochus, and Lysias, to bring them unto him.

1 Maccabees 7:3
And when he knew it, he said: Let me not see their face.

1 Maccabees 7:5
And there came to him the wicked and ungodly men of Israel: and Alcimus was at the head of them, who desired to be made high priest.

1 Maccabees 7:6
And they accused the people to the king, saying: Judas and his brethren have destroyed all thy friends, and he hath driven us out of our land.



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