OLD TESTAMENT

1 Maccabees 6:14

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Then he called for Philip, one of his friends, and set him over all his kingdom.

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EXPLANATION

Verse 14. Friends, educated with him. He appointed him regent instead of Lysias. Calmet.—His son Eupator was only nine years old. Appian.—He made him appear and be recognized by the army. Eupator means one “born of a good father.” Calmet.

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See 1 Maccabees 2:18.

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