OLD TESTAMENT

1 Maccabees 1:35

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35

They stored up weapons and food, and gathering together the spoils of Jerusalem, they stored them there, and they became a great menace.

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Verse 35. The city of David. That is, the castle of Sion. Challoner.—In it was placed a garrison of Macedonians. Worthington.—This castle had been occupied by Syrians before. It was now enlarged. 2 Maccabees 4:27 and 5:5.

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