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2 Maccabees 5:5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Maccabees 5:5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
5 When a false rumor arose that Antiochus was dead, Jason took no fewer than a thousand men and suddenly made an assault on the city. When the troops on the wall had been forced back and at last the city was being taken, Menelaus took refuge in the citadel.(A)
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