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2 Maccabees 4:27-29
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Maccabees 4:27-29
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
27 Although Menelaus continued to hold the office, he did not pay regularly any of the money promised to the king.(A) 28 When Sostratus the captain of the citadel kept requesting payment—for the collection of the revenue was his responsibility—the two of them were summoned by the king on account of this issue. 29 Menelaus left his own brother Lysimachus as deputy in the high priesthood, while Sostratus left Crates, the commander of the Cyprian troops.(B)
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