1 Maccabees 1:57 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaCommon English Bible 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. Catholic Public Domain Version 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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: Good News Translation (US Version) 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. World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers 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. Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition 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. |