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2 Maccabees 13:1-2
Good News Translation
2 Maccabees 13:1-2
Good News Translation
Menelaus Is Put to Death
13 In the year 149[a] Judas Maccabeus and his followers found out that Antiochus Eupator was marching against Judea with a large army 2 and that Lysias, the young king's guardian and the head of his government, was with him. They[b] had a force of Greek troops consisting of 110,000 infantry, 5,300 cavalry, 22 elephants, and 300 chariots with sharp blades attached to their wheels.
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- 2 Maccabees 13:1 the year 149: This corresponds to 163 B.C.
- 2 Maccabees 13:2 They; Greek unclear.
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