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Two priests dismantle the old defiled altar while the elder watches.
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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 6:7

    News of the Fortifications

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

    Story guide: Earlier scenes of altar removal, Zion’s completed defenses, and the separate Bethsura stronghold accompany the report.

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    7and they tore down the abomination that he had built upon the altar in Jerusalem, and they surrounded the sanctuary, as before, with high walls, and also Bethsura, his city.

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