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An annual official addresses council members seated beside the chamber aisle.
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Historical Library · Deuterocanonical Literature
1 Maccabees 8

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 8:16

    An Annual Ruler

    An Alliance with Rome · 1 Maccabees 8

    Story guide: An official addresses seated council members as the account describes the authority entrusted to an annual ruler.

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    16And they entrust one man to rule over them each year and to exercise lordship over all their land, and all listen to the one, and there is no envy or jealousy among them.

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