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2 Maccabees 4:30-32
New Catholic Bible
2 Maccabees 4:30-32
New Catholic Bible
30 Murder of the Saintly Onias.[a] While these events were taking place, the people of Tarsus and Mallus rose in revolt because their cities had been given as a present to Antiochis, the king’s concubine.[b] 31 Therefore, the king hurriedly departed to resolve the problem, leaving Andronicus, one of his ministers, to act as his deputy. 32 Menelaus, believing that he had been presented with a favorable opportunity, stole some of the gold vessels from the temple and gave them to Andronicus. Some other vessels he had already previously sold to Tyre and the neighboring cities.
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- 2 Maccabees 4:30 This vile murder of 171 B.C. is an important date in the Jewish history of the second century.
- 2 Maccabees 4:30 The Seleucids gifted cities or provinces to members of their family as personal fiefs.
