1 Maccabees 3:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And he went about among the cities of Judah, and destroyed the ungodly out of the land, and turned away wrath from Israel:

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He went through the cities of Judah and destroyed the ungodly out of the land. As a result, he turned wrath away from Israel.

And he traveled through the cities of Judah, and he destroyed the impious out of them, and he turned wrath away from Israel.

And he went through the cities of Juda, and destroyed the wicked out of them, and turned away wrath from Israel.

He went through the towns of Judea and destroyed all the godless men. He relieved Israel of its terrible suffering.

He went through the cities of Judah, destroyed the ungodly out of the land, and turned away wrath from Israel.

After Judas had killed the unfaithful Jews in the towns of Judea, God was no longer angry.