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1 Maccabees 6:53-55
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Maccabees 6:53-55
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
53 But they had no food in storage,[a] because it was the seventh year; those who had found safety in Judea from the nations had consumed the last of the stores. 54 Only a few men were left in the sanctuary; the rest scattered to their own homes, for the famine proved too much for them.
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55 Then Lysias heard that Philip, whom King Antiochus while still living had appointed to bring up his son Antiochus to be king,(A)
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- 6.53 Other ancient authorities read in the sanctuary
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