2 Maccabees 10:13-15
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13 As a result he was accused 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 gone over to Antiochus Epiphanes. Unable to command the respect due his office,[a] he took poison and ended his life.(A)
Campaign in Idumea
14 When Gorgias became governor of the region, he maintained a force of mercenaries and at every turn kept attacking the Jews.(B) 15 Besides this, the Idumeans, who had control of important strongholds, were harassing the Jews; they received those who were banished from Jerusalem and endeavored to keep up the war.(C)
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- 10.13 Cn: Meaning of Gk uncertain
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