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Royal field infantry march along a dry-country road.
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Historical Library · Deuterocanonical Literature
1 Maccabees 3

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· Greek

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Source edition: lxx-swete-1909

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    1 Maccabees 3:39

    Infantry and Cavalry Sent

    A Small Force Before Great Armies · 1 Maccabees 3

    Story guide: A large force of infantry and cavalry is sent toward Judah under the king’s orders.

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    39And he sent with them forty thousand men and seven thousand cavalry, to come into the land of Judah and destroy it, according to the word of the king.

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