4 Maccabees 4:20-22

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²⁰ so that he not only constructed a gymnasium at the very citadel^[a] of our native land but also abolished the temple service.^{(A) 21} The divine justice was angered by these acts and caused Antiochus himself to make war on them.^{(B) 22} For when he was warring against Ptolemy in Egypt, he heard that a rumor of his death had spread and that the people of Jerusalem had rejoiced greatly. He speedily marched against them,^(C)