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  2. Psalm 151 - Wikipedia

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    Psalm 151 is cited once in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Breviary as a responsory of the series from the books of Kings, the second in the Roman Breviary, together with 1 Samuel 17:37 (Greek 1–2 Kings is linked to the traditional 1–2 Samuel, and Greek 3–4 Kings to the traditional 1–2 Kings) in a text slightly different from that ...

  3. 1 Maccabees - Wikipedia

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    The Roman Catholic Lectionary makes use of texts from 1 Maccabees 1 to 6, along with texts from 2 Maccabees 6 and 7, in the weekday readings for the 33rd week in Ordinary Time, in year 1 of the two-year cycle of readings, always in November, and as one of the options available for readings for the dedication of an altar and as one of the ...

  4. List of nations mentioned in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    Gaul [18] (modern France). Only found within the deuterocanonical First Book of Maccabees which is found in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox bibles. Girgashites [1] Gog (various times, mainly in the Prophets) [19] Greece [20]

  5. Battle of Adasa - Wikipedia

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    Nicanor's military governance of Judea, the Battle of Caphar-salama, and the Battle of Adasa are recorded in the book of 1 Maccabees (1 Maccabees 7:26–50), the book of 2 Maccabees (2 Maccabees 14:12–33, 2 Maccabees 15:1–36), and in Josephus's Antiquities of the Jews Book 12, Chapter 10. The Battle of Caphar-salama is portrayed with fairly ...

  6. Acra (fortress) - Wikipedia

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    Although both 1 Maccabees and Josephus seem to describe the Acra as a new construction, this may not have been the case. Antiquities of the Jews 12:253 may be translated to give the sense that the "impious or wicked" had "remained" rather than "dwelt" in the citadel, which could be taken to mean that the Acra had been standing before the revolt ...

  7. List of biblical figures identified in extra-biblical sources

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    1 Kgs. 19:15, 2 Kgs. 8:8, 2 ... although the Greek version of the book of 1 Maccabees was one of ... a sage mentioned in Tobit 1:2122 and in the Aramaic ...

  8. Gustave Doré's illustrations for La Grande Bible de Tours

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    Genesis 18:9-10 13 "The Flight of Lot" Genesis 19:24-26 14 "The Expulsion of Ishmael and His Mother" Genesis 21:14 15 "Hagar and Ishmael in the Wilderness" Genesis 21:17-18 16 "The Trial of Abraham's Faith" Genesis 22:10-12 17 "The Burial of Sarah" Genesis 23:19 18 "Eliezer and Rebekah" Genesis 24:16 19 "The Meeting of Isaac and Rebekah ...

  9. Poetic Books - Wikipedia

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    The Poetic Books, also called the Sapiential Books, are a division of the Christian Bible grouping 5 or 7 books (depending on the canon) in the Old Testament. [1] The term "Sapiential Books" refers to the same set, although not all the Psalms are usually regarded as belonging to the Wisdom tradition .