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2 Maccabees 4:5-7
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
2 Maccabees 4:5-7
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
5 Not to be an accuser of his countrymen, but with a view to the common good of all the people.
6 For he saw that, except the king took care, it was impossible that matters should be settled in peace, or that Simon would cease from his folly.
7 But after the death of Seleucus, when Antiochus, who was called the Illustrious, had taken possession of the kingdom, Jason the brother of Onias ambitiously sought the high priesthood:
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