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1 Maccabees 7:25-27
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Maccabees 7:25-27
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
25 When Alcimus saw that Judas and those with him had grown strong and realized that he could not withstand them, he returned to the king and brought malicious charges against them.
Nicanor in Judea
26 Then the king sent Nicanor, one of his honored princes, who hated and detested Israel, and he commanded him to destroy the people.(A) 27 So Nicanor came to Jerusalem with a large force and treacherously sent to Judas and his brothers this peaceable message,(B)
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