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2 Maccabees 1:35-36
New Catholic Bible
2 Maccabees 1:35-36
New Catholic Bible
35 and he distributed a goodly portion of the revenues he received from that place to the people he appointed as custodians. 36 Nehemiah and his companions called the liquid “nephthar,” which means purification, but it is more commonly called “naphtha.”[a]
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- 2 Maccabees 1:36 The Greek word for petroleum (naphtha) is likened to a Semitic word that means “loosened” (probably nephthar).
