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,
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1 Maccabees 4:45
So they thoght it was best to destroie it, lest it shulde be a reproche vnto them, because the heathen had defiled it: therefore they destroyed the altar,
Parallel Translations
They thought it best to pull it down, lest it should be a reproach to them, because the heathen had defiled it: therefore they pulled it down,
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,
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