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A royal trumpeter sounds beside Bacchides on the ridge at the royal right wing.
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Historical Library · Deuterocanonical Literature
1 Maccabees 9

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Source edition: lxx-swete-1909

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    1 Maccabees 9:12

    Trumpets on Both Sides

    Judas Falls and Jonathan Takes the Lead · 1 Maccabees 9

    Story guide: A royal trumpeter sounds beside Bacchides on the ridge, and a separate Judean trumpeter answers beside Judas.

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    12But Bacchides was on the right wing, and the phalanx came near from both sides, and they were sounding the trumpets, and those with Judas also sounded the trumpets, they too.

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