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Read›1 Maccabees›Chapter 1
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Now when the kingdom was established before Antiochus, he thought to reign over Egypt that he might have the dominion of two realms.
- WEB
- The kingdom was established in the sight of Antiochus, and he planned to reign over Egypt, that he might reign over both kingdoms.
- DRC
- And they made themselves prepuces, and departed from the holy covenant, and joined themselves to the heathens, and were sold to do evil.
- LXXE
- Now when the kingdom was established before Antiochus, he thought to reign over Egypt, that he might have the dominion of two realms.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἡτοιμάσθη ἡ βασιλεία ἐναντίον Ἀντιόχου· καὶ ὑπέλαβε βασιλεῦσαι τῆς Αἰγύπτου, ὅπως βασιλεύσῃ ἐπὶ τὰς δύο βασιλείας.