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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

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PIECE . Piece is used in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] for (1) a measure equal to a firkin ( 1Es 8:20 ‘an hundred pieces of wine’); (2) an instrument of war ( 1Ma 6:51 ‘pieces to cast darts, and slings’).

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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Piece'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​p/piece.html. 1909.
 
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