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2 Maccabees 11:6
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2 Maccabees 10:15–17
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2 Maccabees 10:24–26
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2 Maccabees 13:9–11
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2 Maccabees 14:14–16
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2 Maccabees 8:4–6
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2 Maccabees 15:6–8
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2 Maccabees 15:20–22
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