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Freed captives walk toward the envoys while royal guards remain behind on the road.
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Historical Library · Deuterocanonical Literature
1 Maccabees 9

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· Greek

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Source edition: lxx-swete-1909

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    1 Maccabees 9:72

    Captives Returned

    Judas Falls and Jonathan Takes the Lead · 1 Maccabees 9

    Story guide: Freed captives walk toward the envoys, and the royal column marches away along the open country road.

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    72And he returned to him the captives whom he had formerly taken captive from the land of Judah, and he turned back and went away to his own land, and he no longer came again into their borders.

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