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An offwhite agent’s mantle and clasp lie in a close memorial image.
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Historical Library · Deuterocanonical Literature
1 Maccabees 2

The available numbered POB Greek working edition, retaining each record’s declared source edition and notes. Artwork interprets this book’s account. Appearance, clothing and staging are interpretive; material from 2 Maccabees is not imported.

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· Greek

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Source edition: lxx-swete-1909

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    1 Maccabees 2:25

    Agent and Altar Struck

    A Covenant in the Wilderness · 1 Maccabees 2

    Story guide: The empty offwhite mantle memorializes the king’s agent. The next frame shows the altar being dismantled; the complete source records both the killing and destruction.

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    25And he killed the king’s man who was compelling them to sacrifice at that time, and he tore down the altar,

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