2 Maccabees 4:46
“Whereupon Ptolomee taking the king aside into a certaine gallerie, as it were to take the aire, brought him to be of another minde;”
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2 Maccabees 4:46 Context
44Now when the king came to Tyrus, three men that were sent from the Senate, pleaded the cause before him: 45But Menelaus being now conuicted, promised Ptolomee the sonne of Dorymenes, to giue him much money, if hee would pacifie the King towards him. 46Whereupon Ptolomee taking the king aside into a certaine gallerie, as it were to take the aire, brought him to be of another minde; 47Insomuch that hee discharged Menelaus from the accusations, who notwithstanding was cause of all the mischiefe: and those poore men, who if they had told their cause, yea, before the Scythians, should haue bene iudged innocent, them he condemned to death. 48Thus they that followed the matter for the citie, and for the people, and for the holy vessels, did soone suffer vniust punishment.
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Whereupon Ptolemee taking the king aside into a certain gallery, as it were to take the air, brought him to be of another mind:
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