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An unnamed household descends a rocky ravine toward open shelters.
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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 2:29

    Into the Wilderness

    A Covenant in the Wilderness · 1 Maccabees 2

    Story guide: These refugees belong to the separate wilderness group described here, not Mattathias’s family. One representative household helps follow the unnamed people through the scene.

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    29Then many who were seeking righteousness and justice went down into the wilderness to settle there,

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