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Antiochus gestures outward as troops depart through a palace entrance.
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Historical Library · Deuterocanonical Literature
1 Maccabees 1

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· Greek

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Source edition: lxx-swete-1909

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    1 Maccabees 1:16

    Two Kingdoms in View

    From Conquest to Persecution · 1 Maccabees 1

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    16And the kingdom was established before Antiochus, and he undertook to rule the land of Egypt, so that he might rule over the two kingdoms.

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