7 Now therefore send a man whom you trust, and let him go and see all the destruction which he has brought on us and the king’s country, and how he has punished them and all who helped them.” (WEB) 8 So the king chose Bacchides, one of the king’s friends, who was ruler in the country beyond the river, and was a great man in the kingdom, and faithful to the king. (WEB) 9 He sent him and that ungodly Alcimus, whom he made the high priest; and he commanded him to take vengeance upon the children of Israel. (WEB)
1 Maccabees 7:7–9
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1 Maccabees 7:25–27
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1 Maccabees 9:24–26
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1 Maccabees 7:19–21
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1 Maccabees 3:14–16
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2 Maccabees 3:36–38
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1 Maccabees 9:31–33
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2 Maccabees 14:11–13
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1 Maccabees 7:41–43
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