1 Maccabees 1:44
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
For the king had sent letters by messengers unto Jerusalem and the cities of Juda, that they should follow the strange laws of the land,
Greek · Brenton
Καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ βασιλεὺς βιβλία ἐν χειρὶ ἀγγέλων εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ τὰς πόλεις Ἰούδα, πορευθῆναι ὀπίσω νομίμων ἀλλοτρίων τῆς γῆς,