1 Maccabees
Speech parts
1. 1 Maccabees - Noun
2. 1 Maccabees - Proper noun
Meaning
an Apocryphal book describing the life of Judas Maccabaeus
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Examples
According to 1 Maccabees 1:41-50 he proclaimed himself the incarnation of the Greek god Zeus and mandated death to anyone who refused to worship him.
The southern extension was built AFTER the destruction of the Akra in 141 B.C. (1 Maccabees 13.52; 14.37).
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : citation Further reading * 1 Maccabees 10 ff.
This last name may have been suggested by the we used by kings when speaking of themselves (compare 1 Maccabees 10:19 and 11:31); and the plural used by God in Genesis 1:26 and 11:7; Isaiah 6:8 has been incorrectly explained in this way).