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2 Maccabees 5:5
New Catholic Bible
2 Maccabees 5:5
New Catholic Bible
5 However, when a false rumor began to circulate that Antiochus had died, Jason[a] commandeered no fewer than a thousand men and launched a surprise attack on the city. When the defenders on the walls were driven back and the city was on the verge of being taken, Menelaus took refuge in the citadel.
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- 2 Maccabees 5:5 Jason: brother of Onias III and claimant of the high priesthood (2 Mac 4:7-10). He was later supplanted by Menelaus and driven into the Transjordan by him (2 Mac 4:26).
