1 Maccabees 15:14
“And when he had compassed the citie round about, and ioyned ships close to the towne on the Sea side, hee vexed the citie by land, and by Sea, neither suffered he any to goe out or in.”
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1 Maccabees 15:14 Context
12For he saw, that troubles came vpon him all at once, and that his forces had forsaken him. 13Then camped Antiochus against Dora, hauing with him, an hundred and twentie thousand men of warre, and eight thousand horsemen. 14And when he had compassed the citie round about, and ioyned ships close to the towne on the Sea side, hee vexed the citie by land, and by Sea, neither suffered he any to goe out or in. 15In the meane season came Numenius, & his company from Rome hauing letters to the kings and countries, wherein were written these things. 16Lucius, Consul of the Romanes, vnto king Ptolomee greeting.
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And when he had compassed the city round about, and joined ships close to the town on the sea side, he vexed the city by land and by sea, neither suffered he any to go out or in.
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