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A travel-worn messenger reports the king’s death to Lysias in the royal hall.
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Historical Library · Deuterocanonical Literature
1 Maccabees 6

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Source edition: lxx-swete-1909

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    1 Maccabees 6:17

    The Son Installed

    The King Dies and the Oath Is Broken · 1 Maccabees 6

    Story guide: A messenger reports the death to Lysias, who presents the young Antiochus as his father’s successor.

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    17And Lysias learned that the king had died, and he installed Antiochus his son to reign in his place, whom he had reared from youth, and

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