1 Maccabees 6:56
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56 had returned from Persia and Media with the forces that had gone with the king and that he was trying to seize control of the government.(A)
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2 Maccabees 1:12-14
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12 for he drove out those who fought against the holy city.(A) 13 When the leader reached Persia with a force that seemed irresistible, they were cut to pieces in the temple of Nanea by a deception employed by the priests of the goddess[a] Nanea.(B) 14 On the pretext of intending to marry her, Antiochus came to the place together with his Friends, to secure most of its treasures as a dowry.(C)
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- 1.13 Gk lacks the goddess
2 Maccabees 9:1
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The Last Campaign of Antiochus Epiphanes
9 About that time, as it happened, Antiochus had retreated in disorder from the region of Persia.(A)
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