2 Maccabees 13:25
“Came to Ptolemais, the people there were grieued for the couenants: for they stormed because they would make their couenants voide.”
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2 Maccabees 13:25 Context
23Heard that Philip who was left ouer the affaires in Antioch was desperately bent, confounded, intreated the Iewes, submitted himselfe, and sware to all equal conditions, agreed with them, and offred sacrifice, honoured the Temple, and dealt kindly with the place, 24And accepted well of Maccabeus, made him principall gouernor from Ptolemais vnto the Gerrhenians, 25Came to Ptolemais, the people there were grieued for the couenants: for they stormed because they would make their couenants voide. 26Lysias went vp to the iudgement seat, said as much as could be in defence of the cause, perswaded, pacified, made them well affected, returned to Antioch. Thus it went touching the kings comming and departing.
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Came to Ptolemais: the people there were grieved for the covenants; for they stormed, because they would make their covenants void:
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