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Read›1 Maccabees›Chapter 7
In 4 translations
- KJV
- There came unto him all the wicked and ungodly men of Israel, having Alcimus, who was desirous to be high priest, for their captain:
- WEB
- All the lawless and ungodly men of Israel came to him. Alcimus was their leader, desiring to be high priest.
- DRC
- And there came to him the wicked and ungodly men of Israel: And Alcimus was at the head of them, who desired to be made high priest.
- LXXE
- there came unto him all the wicked and ungodly men of Israel, having Alcimus, who was desirous to be high priest, for their captain:
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἦλθον πρὸς αὐτὸν πάντες ἄνδρες ἄνομοι καὶ ἀσεβεῖς ἐξ Ἰσραήλ, καὶ Ἄλκιμος ἡγεῖτο αὐτῶν, βουλόμενος ἱερατεύειν.