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2 Maccabees 11:1-3
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Maccabees 11:1-3
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Lysias Besieges Beth-zur
11 Very soon after this, Lysias, the king’s guardian and kinsman, who was in charge of the government, being vexed at what had happened,(A) 2 gathered about eighty thousand infantry and all his cavalry and came against the Jews. He intended to make the city a home for Greeks(B) 3 and to levy tribute on the temple as he did on the sacred places of the other nations and to put up the high priesthood for sale every year.(C)
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