OLD TESTAMENT

1 Maccabees 7:6

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They accused the people to the king, saying, “Judas and his kindred have destroyed all your friends, and have scattered us from our own land.

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Verse 6. Thy friends, and the apostates, who obeyed the decree of the king’s uncle. This was true, and the glory of Judas. See 2 B. 14:3. Calmet.—They gained the king’s favour by presents, and falsely accused Judas and the people. Worthington.

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