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2 Maccabees 1:12-14
Common English Bible
2 Maccabees 1:12-14
Common English Bible
12 because he forced those fighting in the holy city to leave.
13 The ruler and his armed forces that went into Persia seemed invincible. But they were slain in the goddess Nanea’s temple, when Nanea’s priests tricked them. 14 Since Antiochus came in order to marry the goddess, he and his political advisors[a] came into the temple[b] to take the great wealth as payment for her dowry.
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