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2 Maccabees 4:28-30
New Catholic Bible
2 Maccabees 4:28-30
New Catholic Bible
28 who had the responsibility for the collection of revenues. As a result, both men were summoned to appear before the king. 29 Menelaus left his own brother Lysimachus as his deputy in the high priesthood, while Sostratus designated Crates, the commander of the Cypriots,[a] to act in his place.
30 Murder of the Saintly Onias.[b] While these events were taking place, the people of Tarsus and Mallus rose in revolt because their cities had been given as a present to Antiochis, the king’s concubine.[c]
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- 2 Maccabees 4:29 The mercenaries who formed the garrison of Jerusalem were Cypriots.
- 2 Maccabees 4:30 This vile murder of 171 B.C. is an important date in the Jewish history of the second century.
- 2 Maccabees 4:30 The Seleucids gifted cities or provinces to members of their family as personal fiefs.
