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2 Maccabees 14:9-11
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Maccabees 14:9-11
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
9 Since you are acquainted, O king, with the details of this matter, may it please you to take thought for our country and our hard-pressed nation with the gracious kindness that you show to all. 10 For as long as Judas lives, it is impossible for the government to find peace.” 11 When he had said this, the rest of the king’s Friends,[a] who were hostile to Judas, quickly inflamed Demetrius still more.(A)
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- 14.11 Gk of the Friends
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