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1 Maccabees 15:14
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1 Maccabees 5:49–51
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1 Maccabees 6:2–4
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1 Maccabees 1:30–32
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Ezekiel 4:1–3
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2 Kings 24:10–12
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2 Kings 6:13–15
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1 Maccabees 10:74–76
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Joshua 8:18–20
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