Verse

1 Maccabees 3:9

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For their sound has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world. (Ps. 18:5)
Rabanus Maurus, 9th c. — Commentary on 1 Maccabees
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9So that he was renowned unto the utmost part of the earth, and he received unto him such as were ready to perish.

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7He grieved also many kings, and made Jacob glad with his acts, and his memorial is blessed for ever.

8Moreover he went through the cities of Juda, destroying the ungodly out of them, and turning away wrath from Israel:

1 Maccabees 3:9

10Then Apollonius gathered the Gentiles together, and a great host out of Samaria, to fight against Israel.

11Which thing when Judas perceived, he went forth to meet him, and so he smote him, and slew him: many also fell down slain, but the rest fled.

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