1 Maccabees 1:10LXX

Orthodox Bible · LXX · Verse 10 of 67

"And they all put crowns upon themselves after his death, and their sons after them many years, and evils were multiplied in the earth."
1 Maccabees 1:10

In context

8And Alexander reigned twelve years, and he died.

9And his servants made themselves kings every one in his place:

10And they all put crowns upon themselves after his death, and their sons after them many years, and evils were multiplied in the earth.

11And there came out of them a wicked root, Antiochus the Illustrious, the son of king Antiochus, who had been a hostage at Rome: and he reigned in the hundred and thirty-seventh year of the kingdom of the Greeks.

12In those days there went out of Israel wicked men, and they persuaded many, saying: Let us go, and make a covenant with the heathens that are round about us: for since we departed from them, many evils have befallen us.

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