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1 Maccabees 5:1-2
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Maccabees 5:1-2
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Wars with Neighboring Peoples
5 When the nations all around heard that the altar had been rebuilt and the sanctuary dedicated as it was before, they became very angry, 2 and they determined to destroy the descendants of Jacob who lived among them. So they began to kill and destroy among the people.
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