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I Maccabees 1
I Maccabees 1:16
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I Maccabees 1:16
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Now when the kingdom was established before Antiochus, he thought to reign over Egypt that he might have the dominion of two realms.
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Whereupon they built a place of exercise at Jerusalem according to the customs of the heathen:
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And made themselves uncircumcised, and forsook the holy covenant, and joined themselves to the heathen, and were sold to do mischief.
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Now when the kingdom was established before Antiochus, he thought to reign over Egypt that he might have the dominion of two realms.
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Wherefore he entered into Egypt with a great multitude, with chariots, and elephants, and horsemen, and a great navy,
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And made war against Ptolemee king of Egypt: but Ptolemee was afraid of him, and fled; and many were wounded to death.
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