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Abandoned bedding, bowls and a loose tether remain at an empty shelter.
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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 2:38

    A Thousand Mourned

    A Covenant in the Wilderness · 1 Maccabees 2

    Story guide: The empty shelter and abandoned sandals memorialize the households killed on the Sabbath. The exact account, including the children, livestock and approximate number, remains quoted in full.

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    38And they rose up against them in battle on the Sabbath, and they died—they and their wives and their children and their livestock—about a thousand persons.

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