9 The old men sat in the streets; they all conversed together about good things. The young men put on glorious and warlike apparel. (WEB)
1 Maccabees 14:9
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Ezekiel 23:5–7
5 Oholah prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors 6 clothed in blue, governors and commanders, all desirable young men, horsemen mounted on steeds. 7 She offered sexual favors to all the elite of Assyria. She d…
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2 Maccabees 5:2–4
2 It happened that throughout all the city, for almost forty days, cavalry appeared in the midst of the sky in swift motion, wearing robes woven with gold and carrying spears, equipped with troops for battle— (WEB) 3 drawing swords, squadrons of cavalry in array, encoun… (WEB)
Parables 79:3–5
3 And around the gate stood twelve virgins. The four then that stood at the corners seemed to me to be more glorious (than the rest); but the others likewise were glorious; and they stood at the four quarters of the gate, and virgins stood in pairs between them. (HER)
2 Maccabees 3:18–20
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Judith 7:4–6
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Parables 88:4–6
4 And she that seemed to be the chief of them began to kiss and to embrace me; and the others seeing her embrace me, they too began to kiss me, and to lead me round the tower, and to sport with me. (HER) 5 And I had become as it were a younger man, and I commenced mysel… (HER)
Ezekiel 23:14–16
14 But Oholibah carried her prostitution even further. She saw the men portrayed on the wall, images of the Chaldeans, engraved in vermilion, 15 wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads; all of them looked like officers of the Babylonians in… 16 …
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