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1 Maccabees 14:39-41
Good News Translation
1 Maccabees 14:39-41
Good News Translation
39 gave him the title of
Friend of the King, and treated him with great honor. 40 Demetrius did this because he had heard that the Romans were calling the Jews their friends, allies, and brothers and that they had received Simon's delegation with full honors.
41 Therefore,[a] the Jews and their priests are happy to have Simon and his descendants as their leaders and High Priests, until a true prophet appears.
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- 1 Maccabees 14:41 Therefore; some manuscripts have and that.
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