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2 Maccabees 4:9
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2 Maccabees 4:9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
9 In addition to this he promised to pay one hundred fifty more if permission were given to establish by his authority a gymnasium and a body of youth for it and to enroll the people of Jerusalem as the Antiochenes in Jerusalem.(A)
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2 Maccabees 4:19
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2 Maccabees 4:19
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19 the vile Jason sent envoys, chosen as being Antiochenes from Jerusalem, to carry three hundred silver drachmas for the sacrifice to Hercules. Those who carried the money, however, thought best not to use it for sacrifice, because that was inappropriate, but to expend it for another purpose.(A)
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