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Mattathias speaks toward the royal spokesman’s shoulder.
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Historical Library · Deuterocanonical Literature
1 Maccabees 2

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· Greek

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Source edition: lxx-swete-1909

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    1 Maccabees 2:19

    A Loud Answer

    A Covenant in the Wilderness · 1 Maccabees 2

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    19And Mattathias answered and said with a loud voice, “Even if all the nations in the kingdom of the king listen to him, each one turning away from the worship of his fathers, and have chosen his commandments,”

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