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42 Then they were joined by a group of Hasideans,[a] mighty warriors of Israel, all of them devoted to the law.

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  1. 2:42 Hasideans: in Hebrew hasidim, “pious ones,” a militant religious group devoted to the strict observance of the law. They first supported the Maccabean movement, but subsequently opposed it, regarding it as too political (see 7:12–18).
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12 A group of scribes, however, gathered about Alcimus and Bacchides to ask for a just agreement. 13 (A)The Hasideans were the first among the Israelites to seek peace with them, 14 for they said, “A priest of the line of Aaron has come with the army, and he will not do us any wrong.” 15 He spoke with them peacefully and swore to them, “We will not seek to injure you or your friends.” 16 So they trusted him. But he arrested sixty of them and killed them in one day, according to the words that he wrote:[a]

17 “The flesh of your faithful,
    and their blood they have spilled all around about Jerusalem,
    and no one was left to bury them.”(B)

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  1. 7:16 The words that he wrote: based on Ps 79:2–3. But who is “he”—David, Alcimus, Judas, or someone else?
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