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2 Maccabees 10:13-15
New Catholic Bible
2 Maccabees 10:13-15
New Catholic Bible
13 As a result, he was denounced before Eupator by the King’s Friends. He heard himself called a traitor at every turn because he had abandoned Cyprus, which Philometor had entrusted to him, and had transferred his allegiance to Antiochus Epiphanes. Unable to command the respect due his office, he took poison and thereby ended his life.
14 Judas Punishes the Idumeans.[a] When Gorgias became governor of the region, he hired a force of mercenaries and maintained a state of war with the Jews. 15 At the same time, the Idumeans,[b] who controlled some strategic fortresses, were harassing the Jews, as they welcomed fugitives from Jerusalem and made every effort to continue the war.
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- 2 Maccabees 10:14 The numbers are not certain; they merely serve to emphasize the victory.
- 2 Maccabees 10:15 Idumeans: ancient people of Edom (descendants of Esau) located south of Judea, which after the Exile had also become established in Hebron. Their hostility toward the Hebrews was of ancient date (see Num 20:14-21; Jdg 11:17). This may be the same campaign mentioned in 1 Mac 5:1-3.
