2 Maccabees 1:35-36

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³⁵And with those persons whom the king favored he exchanged many excellent gifts. ³⁶Nehemiah and his associates called this “nephthar,” which means purification, but by most people it is called naphtha.^[a]

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2 Maccabees 1:36 Gk nephthai

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