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Now we have appointed you this day to be high priest of your nation, and to be called the king’s friend, and to take our side, and to keep friendship with us.” He also sent to him a purple robe and a golden crown.
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Verse 20. Make. The king could not make him high priest, as he was that already: but he acknowledged the title. Worthington.—Crown: both the badges of kings, or granted by them. verse 62. Daniel 5:29.
See 1 Maccabees 2:18. Compare 1 Maccabees 10:65.
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