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2 Maccabees 4:18-20
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Maccabees 4:18-20
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Jason Introduces Greek Customs
18 When the quadrennial games were being held at Tyre and the king was present,(A) 19 the vile Jason sent envoys, chosen as being Antiochenes from Jerusalem, to carry three hundred silver drachmas for the sacrifice to Hercules. Those who carried the money, however, thought best not to use it for sacrifice, because that was inappropriate, but to expend it for another purpose.(B) 20 So this money was intended by the sender for the sacrifice to Hercules, but by the decision of its carriers it was applied to the construction of triremes.
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