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2 Maccabees 5:26-27
Revised Standard Version
2 Maccabees 5:26-27
Revised Standard Version
26 He put to the sword all those who came out to see them, then rushed into the city with his armed men and killed great numbers of people.
27 But Judas Maccabe′us, with about nine others, got away to the wilderness, and kept himself and his companions alive in the mountains as wild animals do; they continued to live on what grew wild, so that they might not share in the defilement.
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