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Adults stand before a small carved idol shrine with smoking incense.
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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 1:43

    Worship Approved by Many

    From Conquest to Persecution · 1 Maccabees 1

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    43And many from Israel approved of his worship, and they sacrificed to the idols and profaned the Sabbath.

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