33 After these things, Nicanor went up to mount Zion. Some of the priests came out of the sanctuary, with some of the elders of the people, to salute him peaceably, and to show him the whole burned sacrifice that was being offered for the king. (WEB) 34 He mocked them, laughed at them, derided them shamefully, spoke arrogantly, (WEB) 35 and swore in a rage, saying, “Unless Judas and his army are now delivered into my hands, it shall be that, if I return safely, I will burn up this house!” And he went out in a great rage. (WEB)
1 Maccabees 7:33–35
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2 Maccabees 15:31–33
31 When he had arrived there and had called his countrymen together and set the priests before the altar, he sent for those who were in the citadel. (WEB) 32 Showing the head of the vile Nicanor and the hand of that profane man, which with proud brags he had stretched out… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 7:41–43
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2 Maccabees 4:24–26
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2 Maccabees 10:33–35
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1 Maccabees 15:35–37
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1 Maccabees 2:5–7
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2 Maccabees 14:32–34
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2 Maccabees 9:3–5
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