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An abandoned royal helmet, two roundshields and a fallen spear lie on flat cloth on the plain.
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Historical Library · Deuterocanonical Literature
1 Maccabees 4

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 4:15

    Pursuit Across the Plains

    The Sanctuary Dedicated Again · 1 Maccabees 4

    Story guide: Abandoned royal equipment marks the rear-guard losses before Judean volunteers pursue the survivors over the open lowlands.

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    15But all the rear guard fell by the sword, and they pursued them as far as Gazara and as far as the plains of Judea and Azotus and Jamnia, and about three thousand of them fell.

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