2 “O Lord God of my father Simeon, into whose hand you gave a sword to take vengeance on the strangers who loosened the belt of a virgin to defile her, uncovered her thigh to her shame, and profaned her womb to her reproach; for you said, ‘It shall not be so;’ and they did so. (WEB)
Judith 9:2
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2 Maccabees 15:23–25
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Book of Jubilees 30:5–7
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1 Maccabees 7:37–39
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Judges 11:35–37
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