1 John went up from Gazara and told Simon his father what Cendebaeus was doing. (WEB) 2 Simon called his two oldest sons, Judas and John, and said to them, “I and my brothers and my father’s house have fought the battles of Israel from our youth, even to this day; and things have prospered in our hands, so that we have often delivered Israel. (WEB)
1 Maccabees 16:1–2
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1 Maccabees 13:52–53
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1 Maccabees 5:16–18
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1 Maccabees 5:54–56
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1 Maccabees 13:13–15
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1 Maccabees 9:27–29
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1 Maccabees 14:28–30
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1 Maccabees 16:20–22
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2 Maccabees 8:11–13
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