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Demetrius extends an open hand toward the bald, white-bearded Bacchides, who stands attentively in a green mantle.
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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 7:8

    Bacchides Chosen

    Broken Oaths and the Fall of Nicanor · 1 Maccabees 7

    Story guide: The seated king extends an open hand toward Bacchides, who stands attentively in his green mantle.

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    8And the king chose Bacchides, one of the king’s Friends, governor of the region beyond the River, and great in the kingdom, and faithful to the king,

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