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2 Maccabees 5:22
He left governors who mistreated the people. In Jerusalem there was Philip of the Phrygians, who had a manner more barbarous than that of the man who appointed him.
He left also governors to afflict the people: at Jerusalem, Philip, a Phrygian by birth, but in manners more barbarous than he that set him there:
He appointed governors to cause trouble for the people. In Jerusalem he placed Philip, a man from Phrygia who was more evil than Antiochus himself.
He left governors to harass the nation: at Jerusalem, Philip, a Phrygian by birth, and in character more barbarous than the man who appointed him;
However, he left governors behind to oppress the people: at Jerusalem he left Philip, a Phrygian by birth and with a more barbarous nature than the one who appointed him,
He left governors to oppress the people: at Jerusalem, Philip, by birth a Phrygian and in character more barbarous than the man who appointed him;
He left governors to oppress the people: at Jerusalem, Philip, by birth a Phrygian and in character more barbarous than the man who appointed him;
He left governors to oppress the people: at Jerusalem, Philip, by birth a Phrygian and in character more barbarous than the man who appointed him;
He left governors to oppress the people: at Jerusalem, Philip, by birth a Phrygian and in character more barbarous than the man who appointed him;
And he left governors to afflict the people: at Jerusalem, Philip, by birth a Phryg′ian and in character more barbarous than the man who appointed him;
And he left governors to afflict the people: at Jerusalem, Philip, by birth a Phryg′ian and in character more barbarous than the man who appointed him;
Forsooth he left also sovereigns, to torment the folk, in Jerusalem soothly Philip, of the kin of (the) Phyrgians, crueler than himself in manners, of whom he was ordained; [Forsooth he left provosts, to torment the folk, in Jerusalem soothly Philip, of the kin of Phyrgians, in manners crueler than himself, of whom he is ordained;]
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