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2 Maccabees 8:31-33
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Maccabees 8:31-33
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
31 They collected the arms of the enemy[a] and carefully stored all of them in strategic places; the rest of the spoils they carried to Jerusalem.(A) 32 They killed the commander of Timothy’s forces, a most wicked man, and one who had greatly troubled the Jews. 33 While they were celebrating the victory in the city of their ancestors, they burned those who had set fire to the sacred gates, Callisthenes and some others, who had fled into one little house, so these received the proper reward for their impiety.[b](B)
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