OLD TESTAMENT

1 Maccabees 14:9

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The old men sat in the streets; they all conversed together about good things. The young men put on glorious and warlike apparel.

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Verse 9. Land. The judges ( Bible.) strove to promote peace.—Robes. Spoils which they had taken; ( Calmet.) or they were ever ready to defend the country, though peace now prevailed.

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