OLD TESTAMENT

1 Maccabees 1:30

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He spoke words of peace to them in subtlety, and they believed him. Then he fell upon the city suddenly, struck it very severely, and destroyed many people of Israel.

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Verse 30. The chief collector, and so forth Apollonius. Challoner. 2 Maccabees 5:24. Worthington.—He basely fell upon the unsuspecting citizens on a sabbath day. Bible.

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