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2 Maccabees 5:1-3
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
2 Maccabees 5:1-3
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
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5 About this time Antiochus made his second invasion of Egypt. 2 And it happened that, for almost forty days, there appeared over all the city golden-clad cavalry charging through the air, in companies fully armed with lances and drawn swords— 3 troops of cavalry drawn up, attacks and counter-attacks made on this side and on that, brandishing of shields, massing of spears, hurling of missiles, the flash of golden trappings, and armour of all kinds.
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