OLD TESTAMENT

1 Maccabees 11:20

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In those days Jonathan gathered together the Judeans to take the citadel that was at Jerusalem. He made many engines of war to use against it.

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Verse 20. Castle. Soter’s offers had not been accepted. Calmet. 10:22. Jonathan thought himself independent of his son. Calmet.

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