OLD TESTAMENT

1 Maccabees 9:28

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28

All the friends of Judas were gathered together, and they said to Jonathan,

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Verse 28. Jonathan, or ( Bible.) Jonathas, was the third general captain of this family, and succeeded Judas in the pontificate, though Alcimus still usurped the dignity (Calmet. 9:9) as in the lifetime of Judas. Worthington.

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