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Now therefore come first and do the commandment of the king, as all the nations have done, including the men of Judah and those who remain in Jerusalem. You and your house will be numbered among the king’s friends, and you and your sons will be honored with silver and gold and many gifts.”
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Verse 18. They. Josephus mentions Apelles. Persecutors have thus frequently attempted to delude the faithful; first by flattery, and then by torments.
See 1 Maccabees 3:38; 10:10, and so forth; Compare 1 Maccabees 10:65; 11:27; 2 Maccabees 8:9.
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