1 Maccabees 14:17
“But assoone as they heard that his brother Simon was made high Priest in his stead, and ruled the countrey, and the cities therein,”
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1 Maccabees 14:17 Context
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: 19Which writings were read before the Congregation at Ierusalem.
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But as soon as they heard that his brother Simon was made high priest in his stead, and ruled the country, and the cities therein:
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