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Workers place limestone blocks into a defensive wall and square tower around Mount Zion.
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Historical Library · Deuterocanonical Literature
1 Maccabees 4

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· Greek

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Source edition: lxx-swete-1909

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    1 Maccabees 4:60

    Walls and Towers Around Zion

    The Sanctuary Dedicated Again · 1 Maccabees 4

    Story guide: Workers place limestone blocks into new defenses before the completed walls and square towers enclose the sanctuary.

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    60And at that time they built up Mount Zion with high walls all around and strong towers, lest the nations come and trample it, as they had done before.

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