1 Maccabees 5:2
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 So they decided to destroy the descendants of Jacob who were among them, and they began to kill and eradicate the people.
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1 Maccabees 12:53
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53 All the nations round about sought to crush them. They said, “Now that they have no leader or helper, let us make war on them and wipe out their memory from the earth.”(A)
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