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2 Maccabees 3:8
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2 Maccabees 3:22–24
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2 Maccabees 3:36–38
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2 Maccabees 3:12–14
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1 Maccabees 12:31–33
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1 Maccabees 3:30–32
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1 Maccabees 15:14–16
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2 Maccabees 4:20–22
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4 Maccabees 18:5–7
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