Parallel 1MA 1:44

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BrLXX Καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ βασιλεὺς βιβλία ἐν χειρὶ ἀγγέλων εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ τὰς πόλεις Ἰούδα, πορευθῆναι ὀπίσω νομίμων ἀλλοτρίων τῆς γῆς,
(Kai apesteilen ho basileus biblia en ⱪeiri angelōn eis Hierousalaʸm kai tas poleis Youda, poreuthaʸnai opisō nomimōn allotriōn taʸs gaʸs, )

BrTr 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,

WEBBE The king sent letters by the hand of messengers to Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, that they should follow laws strange to the land,

KJB-1611 For the king had sent letters by messengers vnto Ierusalem, and the cities of Iuda, that they should follow [fn]the strange lawes of the land,
(For the king had sent letters by messengers unto Yerusalem, and the cities of Yudah, that they should follow the strange lawes of the land,)

1:44 Or, the lawes and rites of the strangers of the land.