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4 Maccabees 4:15-17
Revised Standard Version
4 Maccabees 4:15-17
Revised Standard Version
Antiochus’s Persecution of the Jews
15 When King Seleu′cus died, his son Anti′ochus Epiph′anes succeeded to the throne, an arrogant and terrible man, 16 who removed Oni′as from the priesthood and appointed Oni′as’s[a] brother Jason as high priest. 17 Jason[b] agreed that if the office were conferred upon him he would pay the king three thousand six hundred and sixty talents annually.
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- 4 Maccabees 4:16 Gk his
- 4 Maccabees 4:17 Gk He
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