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1 Maccabees 7:32-34
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Maccabees 7:32-34
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
32 About five hundred of the army of Nicanor fell, and the rest[a] fled into the city of David.
Nicanor Threatens the Temple
33 After these events Nicanor went up to Mount Zion. Some of the priests from the sanctuary and some of the elders of the people came out to greet him peaceably and to show him the burnt offering that was being offered for the king.(A) 34 But he mocked them and derided them and defiled them and spoke arrogantly,
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