Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation I have decided to grant the Jewish nation certain benefits because they are our loyal allies and keep their treaty obligations. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge We have determined to do good to the nation of the Jews, who are our friends, and keep the things that are just with us, for their good will which they bear towards us. 1 Maccabees 11:31We send you here a copy of the letter which we have written to Lasthenes, our parent, concerning you, that you might know it. 1 Maccabees 11:32 King Demetrius to Lasthenes, his parent, greetings. 1 Maccabees 11:34 We have ratified, therefore, unto them all the borders of Judea, and the three cities, Apherema, Lydda, and Ramatha, which are added to Judea, out of Samaria, and all their confines, to be set apart to all them that sacrifice in Jerusalem, instead of the payments which the king received of them every year, and for the fruits of the land, and of the trees. 1 Maccabees 11:35 And as for other things that belonged to us of the tithes, and of the tributes, from this time we discharge them of them: the saltpans also, and the crowns that were presented to us. Context 1 Maccabees 11…32King Demetrius to Lasthenes, his parent, greetings. 33We have determined to do good to the nation of the Jews, who are our friends, and keep the things that are just with us, for their good will which they bear towards us. 34We have ratified, therefore, unto them all the borders of Judea, and the three cities, Apherema, Lydda, and Ramatha, which are added to Judea, out of Samaria, and all their confines, to be set apart to all them that sacrifice in Jerusalem, instead of the payments which the king received of them every year, and for the fruits of the land, and of the trees.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 11:31 We send you here a copy of the letter which we have written to Lasthenes, our parent, concerning you, that you might know it. 1 Maccabees 11:32 King Demetrius to Lasthenes, his parent, greetings. 1 Maccabees 11:34 We have ratified, therefore, unto them all the borders of Judea, and the three cities, Apherema, Lydda, and Ramatha, which are added to Judea, out of Samaria, and all their confines, to be set apart to all them that sacrifice in Jerusalem, instead of the payments which the king received of them every year, and for the fruits of the land, and of the trees. 1 Maccabees 11:35 And as for other things that belonged to us of the tithes, and of the tributes, from this time we discharge them of them: the saltpans also, and the crowns that were presented to us. |