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Noun: II Maccabees
  1. An Apocryphal book describing the life of Judas Maccabaeus, tells about the Jews' revolt against Antiochus IV Epiphanes and concludes with the defeat of the Syrian general Nicanor in 161 BC by Judas Maccabeus
    - 2 Maccabees

Type of: book

Part of: Apocrypha

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