37 When the king asked Heliodorus what sort of man was fit to be sent yet once again to Jerusalem, he said, (WEB)
2 Maccabees 3:37
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2 Maccabees 3:31–33
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2 Maccabees 3:22–24
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2 Maccabees 6:1–2
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1 Maccabees 10:58–60
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1 Maccabees 7:8–10
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