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1 Maccabees 16:18
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1 Maccabees 10:50–52
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1 Maccabees 15:21–23
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1 Maccabees 13:34–36
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2 Maccabees 8:7–9
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1 Maccabees 12:1–3
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1 Maccabees 10:16–18
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1 Maccabees 11:28–30
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1 Maccabees 10:5–7
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