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2 Maccabees 4:7-9
Good News Translation
2 Maccabees 4:7-9
Good News Translation
Jason Introduces Greek Customs
7 (A)Later, when King Seleucus died and Antiochus (known as Epiphanes) became king, Jason the brother of Onias became High Priest by corrupt means. 8 He went to see[a] the king and offered him 27,000 pounds of silver with 6,000 more pounds to be paid later. 9 Jason also offered him an additional 11,250 pounds of silver for the authority to establish a stadium where young men could train and to enroll the people of Jerusalem as citizens of Antioch.[b]
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- 2 Maccabees 4:8 went to see; or wrote to.
- 2 Maccabees 4:9 the people...Antioch; or the men of Jerusalem as supporters of King Antiochus.
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