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2 Maccabees 13:1-3
New Catholic Bible
2 Maccabees 13:1-3
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]
3 Menelaus also joined them, and with considerable hypocrisy, he kept urging Antiochus on, not for the sake of his country’s welfare, but in the belief that he would thereby become established in office.
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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.
