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1 Maccabees 6:53-55
Revised Standard Version
1 Maccabees 6:53-55
Revised Standard Version
53 But they had no food in storage,[a] because it was the seventh year; those who found safety in Judea from the Gentiles had consumed the last of the stores. 54 Few men were left in the sanctuary, because famine had prevailed over the rest and they had been scattered, each to his own place.
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55 Then Lys′ias heard that Philip, whom King Anti′ochus while still living had appointed to bring up Anti′ochus his son to be king,
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- 1 Maccabees 6:53 Other authorities read in the sanctuary
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