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2 Maccabees 14:42-44
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
2 Maccabees 14:42-44
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
42 preferring to die nobly rather than to fall into the hands of sinners and suffer outrages unworthy of his noble birth. 43 But in the heat of the struggle he did not hit exactly, and the crowd was now rushing in through the doors. He courageously ran up on the wall, and bravely threw himself down into the crowd. 44 But as they quickly drew back, a space opened and he fell in the middle of the empty space.
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