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Antiochus grips his stool and reacts with astonishment after hearing the report.
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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 6:8

    The King Takes to Bed

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

    Story guide: Antiochus reacts with astonishment, then reclines on a plain bed while an attendant holds a bowl of water.

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    8And it happened that when the king heard these words, he was astonished and greatly shaken; and he fell upon his bed and became sick from grief, because it had not happened for him as he had planned.

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