1 Now after a very little time, Lysias, the king’s guardian, kinsman, and chancellor, being very displeased about the things that had happened, (WEB) 2 collected about eighty thousand infantry and all his cavalry and came against the Jews, planning to make the city a home for Greeks, (WEB)
2 Maccabees 11:1–2
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1 Maccabees 3:26–28
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2 Maccabees 13:8–10
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2 Maccabees 5:10–12
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1 Maccabees 6:27–29
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2 Maccabees 6:1–2
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1 Maccabees 10:1–3
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2 Maccabees 14:1–3
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2 Maccabees 10:23–25
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