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2 Maccabees 13:1-2
New Catholic Bible
2 Maccabees 13:1-2
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 13
The End of Menelaus, the Renegade. 1 In the year one hundred and forty-nine, Judas and his men were informed that Antiochus Eupator was advancing on Judea with a large army, and that accompanying him was Lysias, his guardian, who was in charge of the government. 2 Additionally, they had a Greek force consisting of one hundred and ten thousand foot soldiers, five thousand three hundred horsemen, twenty-two elephants, and three hundred chariots armed with scythes.[a]
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- 2 Maccabees 13:2 Chariots armed with scythes: special chariots of war, equipped with sharp scythes featuring teeth of iron that were in use especially among the Persians.
