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Read›1 Maccabees›Chapter 1
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Then builded they the city of David with a great and strong wall, and with mighty towers, and made it a strong hold for them.
- WEB
- Then they fortified the city of David with a large, strong wall and with strong towers, and it became their citadel.
- DRC
- And he took the spoils of the city, and burnt it with fire, and threw down the houses thereof, and the walls thereof round about:
- LXXE
- Then builded they the city of David with a great and strong wall, and with mighty towers, and made it a stronghold for them.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ᾠκοδόμησαν τὴν πόλιν Δαυὶδ τείχει μεγάλῳ καὶ ἰσχυρῷ, πύργοις ὀχυροῖς, καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτοῖς εἰς ἄκραν.