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35 And with those persons whom the king favoured he exchanged many excellent gifts. 36 Nehemiah and his associates called this ‘nephthar’, which means purification, but by most people it is called naphtha.[a]

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  1. 2 Maccabees 1:36 Gk nephthai

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