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14 And someone heedlessly said that it was wrong to take this as a sign in itself. 15 “But since this has happened,” the king[a] said, “why should not I at least enter, whether they wish it or not?”

Jewish Resistance to Ptolemy

16 Then the priests in all their vestments prostrated themselves and entreated the supreme God[b] to aid in the present situation and to avert the violence of this evil design, and they filled the temple with cries and tears;

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  1. 3 Maccabees 1:15 Gk he
  2. 3 Maccabees 1:16 Gk the greatest God

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