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Seen past Demetrius’s shoulder, an ordinary delegate asks him to send an envoy while Alcimus and two others wait.
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Historical Library · Deuterocanonical Literature
1 Maccabees 7

The available numbered POB Greek working edition, retaining each record’s declared source edition and notes. Artwork interprets this book’s account. Appearance, clothing and staging are interpretive; material from 2 Maccabees is not imported.

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· Greek

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Source edition: lxx-swete-1909

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    1 Maccabees 7:7

    A Trusted Envoy Requested

    Broken Oaths and the Fall of Nicanor · 1 Maccabees 7

    Story guide: An ordinary delegate addresses Demetrius with open hands as Alcimus and the others stand behind him.

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    7Now then, send a man whom you trust, and let him go and see all the destruction that he has done to us and to the king’s land, and let him punish them and all who are helping them.

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