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1 Maccabees 7:1
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1 Maccabees 7:1
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Expedition of Bacchides and Alcimus
7 In the one hundred fifty-first year Demetrius son of Seleucus set out from Rome, sailed with a few men to a town by the sea, and there began to reign.(A)
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1 Maccabees 13:37
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1 Maccabees 13:37
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37 We have received the gold crown and the palm branch that you sent, and we are ready to make a general peace with you and to write to our officials to grant you release from tribute.(A)
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2 Maccabees 10:7
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2 Maccabees 10:7
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7 Therefore, carrying ivy-wreathed wands and beautiful branches and also palm fronds, they offered hymns of thanksgiving to him who had given success to the purifying of his own holy place.(A)
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