OLD TESTAMENT

1 Maccabees 1:40

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According to her glory, so was her dishonor multiplied, and her exaltation was turned into mourning.

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Verse 40. Fled with Judas, &chapter 2 Maccabees 5. Josephus (xii. 7.) assures us that the Samaritans flattered Epiphanes, and begged their temple might be consecrated to Jupiter, and so forth The pretended that they were of Sidonian extraction.

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