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20 Therefore, the holy place itself, having shared in the misfortunes that afflicted the people, afterward shared in their good fortune, and what had been abandoned by the Almighty in his anger was restored again in all its glory once the great Sovereign became reconciled.

21 The Governor Mistreats the Jews. Antiochus hurried back to Antioch, taking with him eighteen hundred talents from the temple. He was so arrogant that, in his pride, he thought he could sail on the land and traverse the sea on foot. 22 However, he left governors behind to oppress the people: at Jerusalem he left Philip, a Phrygian by birth[a] and with a more barbarous nature than the one who appointed him,

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  1. 2 Maccabees 5:22 Philip, a Phrygian by birth: this is the same person mentioned in 2 Mac 6:11; 8:8 but not Philip the regent mentioned in 2 Mac 9:29; 1 Mac 6:14.