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A small folded garment rests outside a closed door under an adult shadow.
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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 2:46

    Forced Circumcision

    A Covenant in the Wilderness · 1 Maccabees 2

    Story guide: The closed doorway, small garment and adult shadow acknowledge forced circumcision by Mattathias’s force. The image avoids depicting the procedure; the source’s coercive wording remains quoted in full.

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    46And they circumcised the uncircumcised boys, as many as they found within the borders of Israel, by force.

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