1 Maccabees 1:14
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14 So they built a gymnasium in Jerusalem according to the customs of the nations,(A)
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2 Maccabees 5:5
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5 When a false rumor arose that Antiochus was dead, Jason took no fewer than a thousand men and suddenly made an assault on the city. When the troops on the wall had been forced back and at last the city was being taken, Menelaus took refuge in the citadel.(A)
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2 Maccabees 15:31
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31 When he arrived there and had called his compatriots together and stationed the priests before the altar, he sent for those who were in the citadel.(A)
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2 Maccabees 15:35
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35 Judas[a] hung Nicanor’s head from the citadel, a clear and conspicuous sign to everyone of the help of the Lord.(A)
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