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Read›1 Maccabees›Chapter 4

1 Maccabees 4:45

In 4 translations

KJV
They thought it best to pull it down, lest it should be a reproach to them, because the heathen had defiled it: wherefore they pulled it down,
WEB
A good plan came into their mind, that they should pull it down, lest it would be a reproach to them, because the Gentiles had defiled it. So they pulled down the altar
DRC
And a good counsel came into their minds, to pull it down: lest it should be a reproach to them, because the Gentiles had defiled it; so they threw it down.
LXXE
they thought it best to pull it down, lest it should be a reproach to them, because the heathen had defiled it: wherefore they pulled it down,

Original-language editions

LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐπέπεσεν αὐτοῖς βουλὴ ἀγαθὴ, καθελεῖν αὐτὸ, μήποτε γένηται αὐτοῖς εἰς ὄνειδος, ὅτι ἐμίαναν τὰ ἔθνη αὐτό· καὶ καθεῖλον τὸ θυσιαστήριον,

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