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2 Maccabees 4:18-20
Good News Translation
2 Maccabees 4:18-20
Good News Translation
Jerusalem under Syrian Influence
18 Once when the king was present for the athletic games that were held every five[a] years in the city of Tyre, 19 that worthless Jason sent some men there from Jerusalem, who were also enrolled as citizens of Antioch, to take 22,500 pounds of silver to pay for a sacrifice to the god Hercules. But even these men did not think it was fitting to use such a large sum of money for a sacrifice, and 20 so the money originally intended as a sacrifice to Hercules was used for the construction of warships.
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- 2 Maccabees 4:18 five; or four.
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