38 Lysias chose Ptolemy the son of Dorymenes, Nicanor, and Gorgias, mighty men of the king’s friends; (WEB)
1 Maccabees 3:38
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1 Maccabees 3:31–33
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1 Maccabees 6:54–56
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2 Maccabees 8:8–10
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1 Esdras 7:1–2
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2 Maccabees 10:10–12
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1 Maccabees 7:7–9
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1 Esdras 8:43–45
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2 Maccabees 14:11–13
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