1 Maccabees 5:59

⁵⁹ Gorgias and his men came out of the city to meet them in battle. (WEB)

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2 Maccabees 12:36–38

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1 Maccabees 2:34–36

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1 Maccabees 4:17–19

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1 Maccabees 4:13–15

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1 Maccabees 4:1–2

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1 Maccabees 9:66–68

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1 Maccabees 5:46–48

⁴⁶ They came as far as Ephron, and this same city was large and very strong. It was on the road where they were going. They couldn’t turn away from it on the right hand or on the left, but needed to pass through the middle of it. (WEB) ⁴⁷ The people of the city shut them… (WEB) ⁴⁸ … (WEB)

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