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2 Maccabees 4:7
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4 Maccabees 4:15–17
15 But on the death of Seleucus the king, his son Antiochus Epiphanes succeeded to the kingdom—a terrible man of arrogant pride. (WEB) 16 He, having deposed Onias from the high priesthood, appointed his brother Jason to be high priest, (WEB) 17 who had made a covenant, if he would… (WEB)
2 Maccabees 4:25–27
25 After receiving the royal mandates, he returned bringing nothing worthy of the high priesthood, but having the passion of a cruel tyrant and the rage of a savage animal. (WEB) 26 So Jason, who had supplanted his own brother, was supplanted by another and driven as a fu… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 6:16–18
16 Then King Antiochus died there in the one hundred forty-ninth year. (WEB) 17 When Lysias learned that the king was dead, he set up Antiochus his son to reign, whom he had nourished up being young, and he called his name Eupator. (WEB) 18 Those who were in the citadel kept hemmin… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 14:16–18
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1 Maccabees 3:1–2
1 His son Judas, who was called Maccabaeus, rose up in his place. (WEB) 2 All his kindred helped him, and so did all those who joined with his father, and they fought with gladness the battle of Israel. (WEB)
2 Maccabees 4:12–14
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1 Maccabees 9:30–32
30 Now therefore we have chosen you this day to be our prince and leader in his place, that you may fight our battles.” (WEB) 31 So Jonathan took the governance upon him at that time, and rose up in the place of his brother Judas. (WEB) 32 When Bacchides found out, he tried to kill… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 1:9–11
9 They all put crowns upon themselves after he was dead, and so did their sons after them many years; and they multiplied evils on the earth. (WEB) 10 There came out of them a sinful root, Antiochus Epiphanes, son of Antiochus the king, who had been a hostage at Rome, an… (WEB)
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