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2 Maccabees 4:12-14
New Catholic Bible
2 Maccabees 4:12-14
New Catholic Bible
12 He quickly established a gymnasium[a] at the very foot of the citadel itself, and he convinced the most noble of the young men to wear the Greek hat.
13 As a result of the introduction of foreign customs, the craze for Hellenism became so intense because of the unrestricted wickedness of the ungodly bogus high priest[b] Jason 14 that the priests no longer bothered to fulfill their duties at the altar. Disdaining the temple and neglecting the sacrifices, they would hasten to participate in the unlawful exercises as soon as they heard the signal for the discus-throwing.
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- 2 Maccabees 4:12 The gymnasium where the youth exercised in the nude was located in the Tyropoeon Valley to the east of the citadel—right next to the eastern side of the temple.
- 2 Maccabees 4:13 Jason is called a bogus high priest because he obtained the high priesthood by bribery and did not keep the Mosaic Law.
