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2 Maccabees 1:13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 Maccabees 1:13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
13 When their leader arrived in Persia with his seemingly irresistible army, they were cut to pieces in the temple of the goddess Nanea[a] through a deceitful stratagem employed by Nanea’s priests.
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- 1:13 Nanea: an oriental goddess comparable to Artemis of the Greeks.
New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)
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