This book is not inspired by God and is not part of the Christian canon or the Jewish Tanakh. It is shown only for historical and study purposes. View full explanation 1 Maccabees 1:57 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 189557 And wheresoever was found with any a book of the covenant, and if any consented to the law, the king's sentence delivered him to death. See the chapterMore versionsCommon English Bible57 If anyone was caught in possession of a copy of the covenant scroll or if anyone kept to the Law, that person was condemned to death by royal decree. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version57 On the fifteenth day of the month of Kislev, in the one hundred and forty-fifth year, king Antiochus set up the abominable idol of desolation on the altar of God, and they built altars throughout all the surrounding cities of Judah. See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version57 On the fifteenth day of the month Casleu, in the hundred and forty-fifth year, king Antiochus set up the abominable idol of desolation upon the altar of God, and they built altars throughout all the cities of Juda round about: See the chapterGood News Translation (US Version)57 and anyone who was caught with a copy of the sacred books or who obeyed the Law was put to death by order of the king. See the chapterWorld English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers57 Anyone who was found with any a book of the covenant, and if any consented to the law, the king’s sentence delivered him to death. See the chapterContemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition57 They obeyed Antiochus and murdered everyone they caught obeying God's Law. These troops also killed any Jew who owned a copy of the Scriptures. See the chapter |