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2 Maccabees 3:1-3
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Maccabees 3:1-3
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Arrival of Heliodorus in Jerusalem
3 While the holy city was inhabited in unbroken peace and the laws were strictly observed because of the piety of the high priest Onias and his hatred of wickedness,(A) 2 it came about that the kings themselves honored the place and glorified the temple with the finest presents, 3 even to the extent that King Seleucus of Asia defrayed from his own revenues all the expenses connected with the service of the sacrifices.(B)
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