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2 Maccabees 11:1-3
Common English Bible
2 Maccabees 11:1-3
Common English Bible
Lysias and the Jews
11 Lysias, the guardian and relative of the king, was in charge of the government. After a very short time he became extremely displeased at what happened. 2 He led eighty thousand troops and all his cavalry against the Jews. He intended to make the city a Greek territory, 3 to make the temple subject to tribute like the sacred sites of other nations, and to put the high priesthood on sale every year.
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