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Read›1 Maccabees›Chapter 1
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Whereupon they built a place of exercise at Jerusalem according to the customs of the heathen:
- WEB
- So they built a gymnasium in Jerusalem according to the laws of the Gentiles.See 2 Maccabees 4:9, 12.Or, nations: and so throughout this book.
- DRC
- And some of the people determined to do this, and went to the king: and he gave them license to do after the ordinances of the heathens.
- LXXE
- whereupon they built a place of exercise at Jerusalem according to the customs of the heathen:
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ᾠκοδόμησαν γυμνάσιον ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις κατὰ τὰ νόμιμα τῶν ἐθνῶν.