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and confirmed to him the high priesthood, and all the other honors that he had before, and gave him preeminence among his chief friends.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 27. Friends. Greek “he set him at the head of his first friends,” ( Bible.) treating him with the greatest distinction. Calmet.—Wise kings will always esteem zealous ministers, knowing that their fidelity to God is an assurance that they will also be faithful to their sovereign. Worthington.
See 1 Maccabees 10:65.
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