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Nicanor leaves Mount Zion in anger while the sanctuary stands intact behind him.
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Historical Library · Deuterocanonical Literature
1 Maccabees 7

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· Greek

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Source edition: lxx-swete-1909

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    1 Maccabees 7:36

    A Threat against the House

    Broken Oaths and the Fall of Nicanor · 1 Maccabees 7

    Story guide: Nicanor walks away through the broken boundary while the priests stand weeping before the altar and intact sanctuary.

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    36“I will burn this house.” And he went out in anger. Then the priests entered and stood before the altar and the sanctuary, and they wept and said,

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