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Lysias listens to a messenger inside a plain field tent.
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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 6:55

    News Reaches Lysias

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

    Story guide: A dusty messenger addresses Lysias privately inside the field tent as the commander listens closely.

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    55And Lysias heard that Philip, whom King Antiochus had appointed while he was still alive to bring up Antiochus his son so that he might reign,

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