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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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