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2 Maccabees 12:1-3
New Catholic Bible
2 Maccabees 12:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 12
Judas Punishes Joppa and Jamnia. 1 After these agreements had been concluded, Lysias returned to the king and the Jews reapplied themselves to their farming. 2 However, some of the governors in the region—Timothy and Apollonius, the son of Gennaeus,[a] as well as Hieronymus and Demophon, and Nicanor, the commander of the Cyprians—would not allow the Jews to live quietly and in peace.
3 The people of Joppa committed a particularly wicked atrocity: they invited the Jews who lived among them, together with their wives and children, to set out on boats that they had provided. There was no indication of any animosity toward the Jews.[b]
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- 2 Maccabees 12:2 Apollonius, the son of Gennaeus: distinct from the Apollonius mentioned in 2 Mac 4:21, who was the son of Menestheus. Nicanor: distinct from the general spoken of in 2 Mac 8:9; 14:2.
- 2 Maccabees 12:3 The enmity of the inhabitants of Joppa toward the Jews continues even after the death of Judas (see 1 Mac 10:75; 12:33f; 13:11).
