1 Maccabees 11:46
“Wherefore the king fled into the court, but they of the citie kept the passages of the citie, and began to fight.”
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1 Maccabees 11:46 Context
44Upon this Ionathan sent him three thousand strong men vnto Antioch, and when they came to þe king, the king was very glad of their comming. 45Howbeit, they that were of the citie, gathered themselues together into the midst of the citie, to the number of an hundreth and twentie thousand men, and would haue slaine the king. 46Wherefore the king fled into the court, but they of the citie kept the passages of the citie, and began to fight. 47Then the king called to the Iewes for helpe, who came vnto him all at once, and dispersing themselues through the city, slew that day in the citie to the number of an hundred thousand. 48Also they set fire on the citie, and gat many spoiles that day, and deliuered the king.
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Wherefore the king fled into the court, but they of the city kept the passages of the city, and began to fight.
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