1 Maccabees 14:16
“Now when it was heard at Rome, & as far as Sparta, that Ionathan was dead, they were very sorie.”
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1 Maccabees 14:16 Context
14Moreouer hee strengthened all those of his people that were brought low: the Law he searched out, and euery contemner of the Law, and wicked person, he tooke away. 15He beautified the Sanctuary, and multiplied the vessels of the Temple. 16Now when it was heard at Rome, & as far as Sparta, that Ionathan was dead, they were very sorie. 17But assoone as they heard that his brother Simon was made high Priest in his stead, and ruled the countrey, and the cities therein, 18They wrote vnto him in tables of brasse, to renew the friendship & league which they had made with Iudas and Ionathan his brethren:
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Now when it was heard at Rome, and as far as Sparta, that Jonathan was dead, they were very sorry.
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