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Antiochus the great walks alive under guard with two adult hostages in an essay on the reported captivity.
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Historical Library · Deuterocanonical Literature
1 Maccabees 8

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· Greek

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Source edition: lxx-swete-1909

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    1 Maccabees 8:7

    Captivity and Tribute

    An Alliance with Rome · 1 Maccabees 8

    Story guide: The guarded king and hostages give way to a tribute chest and marked fields as the account describes the imposed obligations.

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    7and they took him alive, and imposed on them that both he and those reigning after him should pay a great tribute, and give hostages and a cession of territory,

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