Graphic Bible · Scene 53 of 63
Historical Library · Deuterocanonical Literature
1 Maccabees 6
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· Greek
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Source edition: lxx-swete-1909
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1 Maccabees 6:53
No Food in the Holy Place
The King Dies and the Oath Is Broken · 1 Maccabees 6
Story guide: Empty baskets and flattened sacks line the storeroom while exhausted men inspect empty bowls and the last grain sack.
Open this scene in the reader →53But there was no food in the holy place, because it was the seventh year, and those who had escaped into Judea from the nations had eaten up the remnant of the supplies.
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