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Alcimus leads three ordinary delegates across the royal hall toward the seated Demetrius.
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Historical Library · Deuterocanonical Literature
1 Maccabees 7

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Source edition: lxx-swete-1909

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    1 Maccabees 7:5

    Alcimus Leads the Petition

    Broken Oaths and the Fall of Nicanor · 1 Maccabees 7

    Story guide: Alcimus walks ahead of three delegates across the hall toward the seated Demetrius.

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    5And all the lawless and ungodly men from Israel came to him, and Alcimus led them, wanting to be priest,

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