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Three neighboring men listen and react with anger in a stone courtyard.
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Historical Library · Deuterocanonical Literature
1 Maccabees 5

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· Greek

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Source edition: lxx-swete-1909

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    1 Maccabees 5:1

    Anger at Rededication

    Rescue Across Galilee and Gilead · 1 Maccabees 5

    Story guide: The neighboring men react angrily as they hear of the altar and sanctuary restored in Jerusalem.

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    1And it happened that when the surrounding nations heard that the altar had been rebuilt and the sanctuary rededicated as before, they became very angry.

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