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51 On the twenty-third day of the second month, in the year 171,[a] there was a great celebration in the city because this terrible threat to the security of Israel had come to an end. Simon and his men entered the fort singing hymns of praise and thanksgiving, while carrying palm branches and playing harps, cymbals, and lyres.

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  1. 1 Maccabees 13:51 the year 171: This corresponds to 141 B.C.

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