1 Maccabees 6:2-4
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2 Its temple was very rich, containing golden shields, breastplates, and weapons left there by Alexander son of Philip, the Macedonian king who first reigned over the Greeks.(A) 3 So he came and tried to take the city and plunder it, but he could not because his plan had become known to the citizens,(B) 4 and they withstood him in battle. So he fled and in great disappointment left there to return to Babylon.
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2 Maccabees 1:13-16
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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.(A) 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.(B) 15 When the priests of the temple of Nanea had set out the treasures and Antiochus had come with a few men inside the wall of the sacred precinct, they closed the temple as soon as he entered it. 16 Opening a secret door in the ceiling, they threw stones and struck down the leader and his men; they dismembered them and cut off their heads and threw them to the people outside.
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- 1.13 Gk lacks the goddess
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