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Two royal attendants urge Lysias to leave as travel packs lie beside the 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 6:57

    Pressing to Depart

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

    Story guide: Attendants urge departure before Lysias addresses the young king and commanders around a sparsely furnished campaign table.

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    57And they kept urging and pressing to depart. And he said to the king and the leaders of the army and the men, “We are growing weaker day by day, and our food is scant, and the place where we are encamped is strong, and the affairs of the kingdom are pressing upon us.”

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