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Two men wait behind roadside rocks and look along an empty track.
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Historical Library · Deuterocanonical Literature
1 Maccabees 5

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 5:4

    Ambush on the Roads

    Rescue Across Galilee and Gilead · 1 Maccabees 5

    Story guide: Two men watch the empty road from hiding, recalling the ambushes Judas remembers.

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    4And he remembered the evil of the sons of Baian, who were a snare and a stumbling block to the people, lying in ambush for them on the roads.

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