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A messenger reports to a helmeted officer in a garrison storeroom.
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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 2:31

    Reports Reach Jerusalem

    A Covenant in the Wilderness · 1 Maccabees 2

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    31And it was reported to the king’s men and to the forces that were in Jerusalem, the city of David, that men who had scattered because of the king’s command had gone down into the hidden places in the wilderness.

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