8 For having arranged a holy choir of piety, they encouraged one another, saying, (WEB)
4 Maccabees 13:8
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4 Maccabees 14:2–4
2 Reasoning is more royal than a king, and freer than freemen! (WEB) 3 What a sacred and harmonious concert of the seven kindred as concerning piety! (WEB) 4 None of the seven youths turned cowardly or shrank back from death. (WEB)
2 Maccabees 15:28–30
28 When the engagement was over and they were returning again with joy, they recognized Nicanor lying dead in full armor. (WEB) 29 Then there was shouting and noise, and they blessed the Sovereign Lord in the language of their ancestors. (WEB) 30 He who in all things was in body an… (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 18:8–10
8 For as you took vengeance on the adversaries, by the same means, calling us to yourself, you glorified us. (WEB) 9 For holy children of good men offered sacrifice in secret, and with one consent they agreed to the covenant of the divine law, that they would partake al… (WEB)
1 Esdras 5:59–61
59 The priests stood arrayed in their vestments with musical instruments and trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with their cymbals, (WEB) 60 singing songs of thanksgiving and praising the Lord, according to the directions of King David of Israel. (WEB) 61 They sang aloud,… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 5:63–65
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1 Esdras 4:61–63
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2 Maccabees 11:8–10
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Odes of Solomon 7:23–25
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