2 Maccabees 3:20

²⁰ All, stretching out their hands toward heaven, made their solemn supplication. (WEB)

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2 Maccabees 8:28–30

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1 Maccabees 4:39–41

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2 Maccabees 14:33–35

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1 Maccabees 4:54–56

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