OLD TESTAMENT

1 Maccabees 10:3

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Demetrius sent a letter to Jonathan with words of peace, so as to honor him.

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Verse 3. Magnify, “extol,” or grant him fresh dignities. Soter wished to gain over Janathas, to prevent his rival from receiving supplies from Egypt. Calmet.

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