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1 Maccabees 15:21-23
New Catholic Bible
1 Maccabees 15:21-23
New Catholic Bible
21 Therefore, if any rebels have fled to you from their country, you are to hand them over to Simon the high priest so that he may punish them according to their law.”
22 The consul sent the same message to King Demetrius, to Attalus,[a] Ariarthes, and Arsaces, 23 and to the following countries: Sampsames, Sparta, Delos, Myndos, Sicyon, Caria, Samos, Pamphylia, Lycia, Halicarnassus, Rhodes, Phaselis, Cos, Side, Aradus, Gortyna, Cnidus, Cyprus, and Cyrene.
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- 1 Maccabees 15:22 Attalus: Attalus II of Pergamum, who reigned 159–138 B.C. Ariarthes: Ariarthes V of Cappadocia, who reigned 162–130 B.C. Arsaces: see note on 14:2. Delos and the other localities were free states in Greece, the Greek isles, and Asia Minor. Cyrene: capital of Libya.
