| I Maccabees 14:27
| And this is a copy of the writing. *The eighteenth day of the month Elul, in the year one hundred and seventy-two, being the third year under Simon, the high priest, at Asaramel,
| Year of the World 3863, Year before Christ 141. Elul, the last of the civil year, the year [of the world] 3863. --- At. Literally, "in Asaramel," (Haydock) "the court of Mello," (Calmet) or "the prince of God," (Serarius) as if it were another Hebrew title of Simon. Protestants, "At Saramel." Marginal note, "or Jerusalem, peradventure,...or the common hall," etc. (Haydock)
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