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2 Maccabees 12:35

35 A certain Dositheus, one of Bacenor’s company, who was on horseback and was a strong man, pressed hard on Gorgias, and taking hold of his cloke dragged him along by main force. While he planned to take the accursed man alive, one of the Thracian cavalry bore down on him and disabled his shoulder, and so Gorgias escaped to Marisa. (WEB)

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1 Maccabees 6:44–46

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1 Maccabees 5:58–60

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4 Maccabees 6:7–9

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1 Samuel 17:34–36

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1 Maccabees 4:1–2

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4 Maccabees 11:8–10

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2 Maccabees 11:11–13

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1 Maccabees 15:10–12

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