1 Maccabees 1:27

²⁷ Every bridegroom took up lamentation. She who sat in the marriage chamber was mourning. (WEB)

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1 Maccabees 9:40–42

⁴⁰ They rose up against them from their ambush and killed them, and many fell wounded to death. The remnant fled into the mountain, and the Jews took all their spoils. (WEB) ⁴¹ So the wedding was turned into mourning, and the voice of their musicians into lamentation. (WEB) ⁴² They… (WEB)

2 Esdras 16:32–34

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3 Maccabees 4:5–7

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Baruch 2:22–24

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