39 ἐγκατέλιπες τοὺς ἀγαπῶντάς σε. Και αναστὰς Δανιήλ, ἔφαγεν· ὁ δὲ ἄγγελος τοῦ Θεοῦ ἀπεκατέστησε τὸν ̓Αμβακοὺμ παραχρῆμα εἰς τὸν τόπον αὐτοῦ.

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that seek thee and love thee. So Daniel arose, and did eat: and the angel of the Lord set Habbacuc in his own place again immediately.

Ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς ἦλθε τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἑβδόμῃ πενθῆσαι τὸν 40 Upon the seventh day the king went to be. wail Daniel: and when he came to the den, he Δανιὴλ, καὶ ἦλθεν ἐπὶ τὸν λάκκον, καὶ ἐνέβλεψε, καὶ ἰδοὺ, looked in, and, behold, Daniel was sitting. 41 Δανιὴλ καθήμενος. Καὶ ἀναβοήσας φωνῇ μεγάλῃ, εἶπε, * Then cried the king with a loud voice, saying, Great art thou, O Lord God of Daniel, and μέγας εἶ, Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς τοῦ Δανιὴλ, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἄλλος there is none other beside thee. 42 And he drew 42 πλὴν σοῦ. Καὶ ἀνέσπασεν αὐτόν· τοὺς δὲ αἰτίους τῆς him out, and cast those that were the cause of ἀπωλείας αὐτοῦ ἐνέβαλεν εἰς τὸν λάκκον· καὶ κατεβρώθη- his destruction into the den; and they were deσαν παραχρῆμα ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ.

voured in a moment before his face.

Μ Α Κ Κ Α Β Α Ι Ω Ν Α.

ΚΑΙ ἐγένετο μετὰ τὸ πατάξαι ̓Αλέξανδρον τὸν Φιλίππου τὸν Μακεδόνα, ὃς ἐξῆλθεν ἐν τῆς γῆς Χεττειεὶμ, καὶ ἐπάταξε τὸν Δαρεῖον βασιλέα Περσῶν καὶ Μήδων, καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν 2 ἀντ ̓ αὐτοῦ πρότερος ἐπὶ τὴν Ἑλλάδα. Καὶ συνεστήσατο πολέμους πολλοὺς, καὶ ἐκράτησεν ὀχυρωμάτων πολλῶν, 3 καὶ ἔσφαξε βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς. Καὶ διῆλθεν ἕως ἄκρων τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἔλαβε σκῦλα πλήθους ἐθνῶν· καὶ ἠσύχασεν ἡ γῆ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ· καὶ ὑψώθη, καὶ ἐπήρθη ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ. 4 Καὶ συνήγαγε δύναμιν ἰσχυρὰν σφόδρα, καὶ ἦρξε χωρῶν, καὶ ἐθνῶν, καὶ τυράννων, καὶ ἐγένοντο αὐτῷ εἰς φόρον. Καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ τὴν κοίτην, καὶ ἔγνω ὅτι ἀπο6 θνήσκει. Καὶ ἐκάλεσε τοὺς παῖδας αὐτοῦ τοὺς ἐνδόξους τοὺς συντρόφους αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ νεότητος, καὶ διεῖλεν αὐτοῖς 7 τὴν βασιλείαν αὐτοῦ ἔτι ζῶντος αὐτοῦ. Καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν 8 Αλέξανδρος ἔτη δώδεκα, καὶ ἀπέθανε. Καὶ ἐπεκράτησαν οἱ 9 παῖδες αὐτοῦ ἕκαστος ἐν τῷ τόπῳ αὐτοῦ. Καὶ ἐπέθεντο πάντες διαδήματα μετὰ τὸ ἀποθανεῖν αὐτὸν, καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτῶν ὀπίσω αὐτῶν ἔτη πολλὰ, καὶ ἐπλήθυναν κακὰ ἐν τῇ γῇ.

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Καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἐξ αὐτῶν ῥίζα ἁμαρτωλὸς Αντίοχος Επιφανὴς, υἱὸς ̓Αντιόχου βασιλέως, ὃς ἦν ὅμηρα ἐν τῇ Ῥώμῃ. καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν ἔτει ἑκατοστῷ καὶ τριακοστῷ καὶ ἑβδόμῳ βασιλείας Ελλήνων.

Ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ἐξῆλθον ἐξ Ἰσραὴλ υἱοὶ παράνομοι, καὶ ἀνέπεισαν πολλοὺς, λέγοντες, πορευθῶμεν, καὶ διαθώμεθα διαθήκην μετὰ τῶν ἐθνῶν τῶν κύκλῳ ἡμῶν, ὅτι ἀφ ̓ ἧς ἐχωρίσθημεν ἀπ ̓ αὐτῶν, εὗρεν ἡμᾶς κακὰ πολλά. 12 Καὶ ἠγαθύνθη ὁ λόγος ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς αὐτῶν.

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AND it happened, after that Alexander son of of Chettiim, had emitten Darius king of the Philip, the Macedonian, who came out of the land Persians and Medes, that he reigned in his stead, the first over Greece, and made many wars, and won many strong holds, and slew the kings of the earth, and went through to the ends of the earth, and took spoils of many nations, insomuch that the earth was quiet before him, whereupon he was exalted, and his heart was lifted up. 4 And he gathered a mighty strong host, and ruled over countries, and nations, and kings, who became tributaries unto

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5 And after these things he fell sick, and per6 Wherefore he ceived that he should die. called his servants, such as were honourable, and had been brought up with him from his youth, and parted his kingdom among them, while he was yet alive. 7 So Alexander reigned twelve years, and then died. s And his servants bare rule every one in his place. 9 And after his death they all put crowns upon themselves; so did their sons after them many years: and evils were multiplied in the earth.

13 Then certain of the people were so forward herein, that they went to the king, who

gave them licence to do after the ordinances of the heathen: Η whereupon they built a place of exercise at Jerusalem according to the customs of the heathen : bs and made themselves a cumcised, and forsook the holy covenant, and joined themselves to the heathen, and were

sold to do mischief.

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Καὶ προεθυμήθησάν τινες ἀπὸ τοῦ λαοῦ, καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν 13 πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα· καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ἐξουσίαν ποιῆσαι τὰ δικαιώματα τῶν ἐθνῶν. Καὶ ᾠκοδόμησαν γυμνάσιον ἐν 14 Καὶ ἐποίησαν 15 Ἱεροσολύμοις κατὰ τὰ νόμιμα τῶν ἐθνῶν. ἑαυτοῖς ἀκροβυστίας, καὶ ἀπέστησαν ἀπὸ διαθήκης ἁγίας καὶ ἐζεύχθησαν τοῖς ἔθνεσι, καὶ ἐπράθησαν τοῦ ποιῆσαι τὸ πονηρόν.

16 Now when the kingdom was established Καὶ ἡτοιμάσθη ἡ βασιλεία ἐναντίον ̓Αντιόχου· καὶ 16 before Antiochus, he thought to reign over Egypt, that he might have the dominion of two ὑπέλαβε βασιλεῦσαι τῆς Αἰγύπτου, ὅπως βασιλεύσῃ ἐπὶ realing. Η Wherefore he entered into Egypt τὰς δύο βασιλείας. Καὶ εἰσῆλθεν εἰς Αἴγυπτον ἐν ὄχλῳ 17 with a great multitude, with chariots, and elephants, and horsemen, and a great navy, and βαρεῖ, ἐν ἅρμασι, καὶ ἐν ἐλέφασι, καὶ ἐν ἱππεῦσι, καὶ ἐν made war against Ptolemee king of Egypt:but στόλῳ μεγάλῳ. Καὶ συνεστήσατο πόλεμον πρὸς Πτολε- 18 Ptolemee was afraid of him, and fled; and many were wounded to death. Thus they got the μαῖον βασιλέα Αἰγύπτου· καὶ ἐνετράπη Πτολεμαῖος ἀπὸ strong cities in the land of Egypt, and he took προσώπου αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔφυγε· καὶ ἔπεσον τραυματίαι πολλοί. the spoils thereof.

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* And after that Antiochus had smitten Egypt, he returned again in the hundred forty and third year, and went up against Israel and Jerusalem with a great multitude, " and entered proudly into the sanctuary, and took away the golden altar, and the candlestick of light, and all the vessels thereof, * and the table of the shewbread, and the pouring vessels, and the vials, and the censers of gold, and the veil, and the crowns, and the golden ornaments that were before the temple, all which he pulled off. 23 He took also the silver and the gold, and the precious vessels: also he took the hidden treasures which he found.

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Καὶ κατελάβοντο τὰς πόλεις τὰς ὀχυρὰς ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ· 19 καὶ ἔλαβε τὰ σκῦλα γῆς Αἰγύπτου.

Καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν ̓Αντιόχος μετὰ τὸ πατάξαι Αἴγυπτον ἐν 20 τῷ ἑκατοστῷ καὶ τεσσαρακοστῷ καὶ τρίτῳ ἔτει· καὶ ἀνέβη ἐπὶ Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ἀνέβη εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐν ὄχλῳ βαρεῖ. Καὶ εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸ ἁγίασμα ἐν ὑπερηφανείᾳ, καὶ ἔλαβε τὸ 21 θυσιαστήριον τὸ χρυσοῦν, καὶ τὴν λυχνίαν τοῦ φωτὸς, καὶ πάντα τὰ σκεύη αὐτῆς, καὶ τὴν τράπεζαν τῆς προθέσεως, 22 καὶ τὰ σπονδεῖα, καὶ τὰς φιάλας, καὶ τὰς θυίσκας τὰς χρυσᾶς, καὶ τὸ καταπέτασμα, καὶ τοὺς στεφάνους, καὶ τὸν κόσμον τὸν χρυσοῦν τὸν κατὰ πρόσωπον τοῦ ναοῦ, καὶ ἐλέπισε πάντα. Καὶ ἔλαβε τὸ ἀργύριον, καὶ τὸ χρυσίον, 23 καὶ τὰ σκεύη τὰ ἐπιθυμητά· καὶ ἔλαβε τοὺς θησαυροὺς τοὺς ἀποκρύφους οὓς εὗρε.

* And when he had taken all away, he went into his own land, having made g great massacre, and spoken very proudly. Therefore there was great mourning in Israel, in every place where they were; so that the Καὶ λαβὼν πάντα ἀπῆλθεν εἰς τὴν γῆν αὐτοῦ· καὶ 24 princes and elders mourned, the virgins and young men were made feeble, and the beauty ἐποίησε φονοκτονίαν, καὶ ἐλάλησεν ὑπερηφανείαν μεγάλην. of women was changed, Every bridegroom Καὶ ἐγένετο πένθος μέγα ἐπὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ αὐτῶν. 25 took up lamentation, and she that sat in the Καὶ ἐστέναξαν ἄρχοντες καὶ πρεσβύτεροι, παρθένοι καὶ 25 marriage chamber was in heaviness. land also was moved for the inhabitants νεανίσκοι ἠσθένησαν, καὶ τὸ κάλλος τῶν γυναικῶν ἠλλοιώθη. thereof, and all the house of Jacob was covered Πᾶς νυμφίος ἀνέλαβε θρῆνον, καὶ καθημένη ἐν παστῷ 2 ἐγένετο ἐν πένθει. Καὶ ἐσείσθη ἡ γῆ ἐπὶ τοὺς κατοικοῦντας 28 αὐτήν· καὶ πᾶς ὁ οἶκος Ἰακὼβ ἐνεδύσατο αἰσχύνην.

with confusion.

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29 And after two years fully expired, the king sent his chief collector of tribute unto the cities of Juda, who came unto Jerusalem with a great multitude, and spake peaceable words unto them, but all was deceit : for when they had given him credence, he fell suddenly upon the city, and smote it very sore, and destroyed much people of Israel. And when he had taken the spoils of the city, he set it on fire, and pulled down the houses and walls thereof on every side. But the women and children took they captive, and possessed the cattle.

* Then builded they the city of David with a great and strong wall, and with mighty towers, and made it a stronghold for them. 3 And they put therein a sinful nation, wicked men, and fortified themselves therein. They stored it also with armour and victuals, and when they had gathered together the spoils of Jerusalem, they laid then up there, and so they became a sore snare: 36 for it was a place to lie in wait against the sanctuary, and all ενᾗ

adversary to Israel.

Καὶ μετὰ δύο ἔτη ἡμερῶν ἀπέστειλεν ὁ βασιλεὺς ἄρχοντα 29 φορολογίας εἰς τὰς πόλεις Ἰούδα· καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐν ὄχλῳ βαρεῖ. Καὶ ἐλάλησεν αὐτοῖς λόγους εἰρηνικούς 30 ἐν δόλῳ· καὶ ἐνεπίστευσαν αὐτῷ· καὶ ἐπέπεσεν ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν ἐξάπινα, καὶ ἐπάταξεν αὐτὴν πληγὴν μεγάλην, καὶ ἀπώλεσε λαὸν πολὺν ἐξ Ἰσραήλ. Καὶ ἔλαβε τὰ σκῦλα τῆς 31 πόλεως, καὶ ἐνεπύρισεν αὐτὴν πυρὶ, καὶ καθεῖλε τοὺς οἴκους αὐτῆς καὶ τὰ τείχη αὐτῆς κύκλῳ. Καὶ ᾐχμαλώτευσαν τὰς 32 γυναῖκας καὶ τὰ τέκνα, καὶ τὰ κτήνη ἐκληρονόμησαν.

Καὶ ᾠκοδόμησαν τὴν πόλιν Δαυὶδ τείχει μεγάλῳ καὶ 33 ἰσχυρῷ, πύργοις ὀχυροῖς, καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτοῖς εἰς ἄκραν. Καὶ 34 ἔθηκαν ἐκεῖ ἔθνος ἁμαρτωλὸν, ἄνδρας παρανόμους, καὶ ἐνίσχυσαν ἐν αὐτῇ. Καὶ παρέθεντο ὅπλα καὶ τροφὰς, καὶ 35 συναγαγόντες τὰ σκῦλα Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἀπέθεντο ἐκεῖ· καὶ ἐγένοντο εἰς μεγάλην παγίδα. Καὶ ἐγένετο εἰς ἔνεδρον τῷ 36 ἁγιάσματι, καὶ εἰς διάβολον πονηρὸν τῷ Ἰσραὴλ διαπαντός.

might not profane the holy covenant: so then they died. 64 And there was very great wrath upon Israel.

κην ἁγίαν· καὶ ἀπέθανον. Καὶ ἐγένετο ὀργὴ μεγάλη ἐπὶ 64 Ἰσραὴλ σφόδρα.

In those days arose Mattathias the son of John, Ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ἀνέστη Ματταθίας Ιωάννου τοῦ 2 the son of Simeon, a priest of the sons of Joarib, Συμεών, ἱερεὺς τῶν υἱῶν Ἰωαρὶβ ἀπὸ Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ ἐκάfrom Jerusalem, and dwelt in Modin. And θισεν ἐν Μωδεΐν. Καὶ αὐτῷ υἱοὶ πέντε, Ιωαννὰν ὁ ἐπικα- 2 he had five sons, Joannan, called Caddis : 3 Simon, called Thassi: 4 Judas, who was called λούμενος Καδδὶς, Σίμων ὁ καλούμενος Θασσι, Ἰούδας ὁ 3, 4 Maccabeus : Eleazar, called Avaran: and ἐπικαλούμενος Μακκαβαῖος, Ἐλεάζαρ ὁ ἐπικαλούμενος 5 Jonathan, whose surname was Apphus. Αὐαρὰν, Ιωνάθαν ὁ ἐπικαλούμενος ̓Απφούς.

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6 And when he saw the blasphemies that were committed in Juda and Jerusalem, 7 he said, Woe is me! wherefore was I born to see this misery of my people, and of the holy city, and to dwell there, when it was delivered into the hand of the enemy, and the sanctuary into the hand of strangers?

Καὶ εἶδε τὰς βλασφημίας τὰς γινομένας ἐν Ἰούδα καὶ ἐν 6 Ἱερουσαλήμ, καὶ εἶπεν, οἴμοι, ἱνατί τοῦτο ἐγεννήθην ἰδεῖν 7 τὸ σύντριμμα τοῦ λαοῦ μου, καὶ τὸ σύντριμμα τῆς πόλεως τῆς ἁγίας, καὶ καθίσαι ἐκεῖ ἐν τῷ δοθῆναι αὐτὴν ἐν χειρὶ ἐχθρῶν, καὶ τὸ ἁγίασμα ἐν χειρὶ ἀλλοτρίων ;

8 Her temple is become as a man without glory. Her glorious vessels are carried away into captivity, her infants are slain in the streets, her young men with the sword of the enemy. 10 What nation hath not had a part in her kingdom, and gotten of her spoils? "All Ποῖον ἔθνος οὐκ ἐκληρονόμησε βασιλείαν αὐτῆς, καὶ οὐκ 10 her ornaments are taken away; of a free woman ἐκράτησε τῶν σκύλων αὐτῆς; Πᾶς ὁ κόσμος αὐτῆς ἀφῃρέθη, 11 she has become a bondslave. 12 And, behold, our sanctuary, even our beauty and our glory, ἀντὶ ἐλευθήρας ἐγένετο εἰς δούλην. Καὶ ἰδοὺ τὰ ἅγια 12 is laid waste, and the Gentiles have profaned ἡμῶν καὶ ἡ καλλονὴ ἡμῶν καὶ ἡ δόξα ἡμῶν ἠρημώθη, καὶ it. 13 To what end therefore shall we live any longer ? ἐβεβήλωσαν αὐτὰ τὰ ἔθνη. Ινατί ἡμῖν ἔτι ζῇν ;

Ἐγένετο ὁ ναὸς αὐτῆς ὡς ἀνὴρ ἄδοξος, τὰ σκεύη τῆς 8, 9 δόξης αὐτῆς αἰχμάλωτα ἀπήχθη, ἀπεκτάνθη τὰ νήπια αὐτῆς ἐν ταῖς πλατείαις, οἱ νεανίσκοι αὐτῆς ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ ἐχθροῦ.

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clothes, and put on sackcloth, and mourned

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15 In the mean while the king's officers, such as compelled the people to revolt, came into the city Modin, to make them sacrifice. And when many of Israel came unto them, Mattathias also and his sons came together.

17 Then answered the king's officers, and said to Mattathias on this wise, Thou art a ruler, and an honourable and great man in this city, and strengthened with sons and brethren: now therefore come thou first, and fulfil the king's commandment, like as all the nations have done, yea, and the men of Juda also, and fas, as remain at Jerusalemn: so shalt thou and thy house be in the number of the king's friends, and thou and thy children shall be honoured with silver and gold, and many rewards.

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19 Then Mattathias answered and spake with a loud voice, Though all the nations that are under the king's dominion obey him, and full away every one from the religion of their fathers, and give consent to his command. ments : yet will I and my sons and my Η God forbid that we should forsake the law and the ordinances. We will not hearken to the king's words, to go from our religion, either on the right hand, or the left. * Now when he had left speaking these

brethren walk in the covenant of our fathers.

words, there came one of the Jews in the sight of all to sacrifice on the altar which was at

Modin, according to the king's commandment. Η Which thing when Matthias saw, he was in. famed with zeal, and his reins trembled, neither could he forbear to shew his anger ac cording to judgment: wherefore he run, and slew him upon the altar.

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Καὶ διέῤῥηξε Ματταθίας καὶ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτῶν, 14 καὶ περιεβάλοντο σάκκους, καὶ ἐπένθησαν σφόδρα.

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Καὶ ἦλθον οἱ παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως οἱ καταναγκάζοντες 15 τὴν ἀποστασίαν εἰς Μωδεΐν τὴν πόλιν, ἵνα θυσιάσωσι. πολλοὶ ἀπὸ Ἰσραὴλ πρὸς αὐτοὺς προσῆλθον· καὶ Ματταθίας καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ συνήχθησαν.

Καὶ ἀπεκρίθησαν οἱ παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ εἶπον τῷ 17 Ματταθίᾳ, λέγοντες, ἄρχων καὶ ἔνδοξος καὶ μέγας εἶ ἐν τῇ πόλει ταύτῃ, καὶ ἐστηριγμένος ἐν υἱοῖς καὶ ἀδελφοῖς. Νῦν 18 οὖν πρόσελθε πρῶτος, καὶ ποίησον τὸ πρόσταγμα του βασιλέως, ὡς ἐποίησαν πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες Ἰούδα, καὶ οἱ καταλειφθέντες ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ· καὶ ἔσῃ σὺ καὶ ὁ οἶκός σου τῶν φίλων τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ σὺ καὶ οἱ υἱοί σου δοξασθήσεσθε ἀργυρίῳ, καὶ χρυσίῳ, καὶ ἀποστολαῖς πολλαῖς.

Καὶ ἀπεκρίθη Ματταθίας, καὶ εἶπε φωνῇ μεγάλῃ, εἰ 19 πάντα τὰ ἔθνη τὰ ἐν οἴκῳ τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ βασιλέως ἀκούουσιν αὐτοῦ, ἀποστῆναι ἕκαστος ἀπὸ λατρείας πατέρων αὐτοῦ, καὶ ᾑρετίσαντο ἐν ταῖς ἐντολαῖς αὐτοῦ, ἀλλ ̓ ἐγὼ καὶ 20 οἱ υἱοί μου καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοί μου πορευσόμεθα ἐν διαθήκη πατέρων ἡμῶν. Ἵλεως ἡμῖν καταλιπεῖν νόμον καὶ δικαιώ- 21 ματα. Τῶν λόγων τοῦ βασιλέως οὐκ ἀκουσόμεθα, του 22 παρελθεῖν τὴν λατρείαν ἡμῶν, δεξιὰν ἢ ἀριστεράν.

Καὶ ὡς ἐπαύσατο λαλῶν τοὺς λόγους τούτους, προσῆλθεν 23 ἀνὴρ Ἰουδαῖος ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς πάντων, θυσιᾶσαι ἐπὶ τοῦ βωμοῦ τοῦ ἐν Μωδεΐν κατὰ τὸ πρόσταγμα τοῦ βασιλέως. Καὶ εἶδε Ματταθίας καὶ ἐξήλωσε, καὶ ἐτρόμησαν οἱ νεφροὶ 24 αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀνήνεγκε θυμὸν κατὰ τὸ κρίμα, καὶ δραμῶν ἔσφαξεν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὸν βωμόν.

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