OLD TESTAMENT

2 Maccabees 11:1

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Now after a very little time, Lysias, the king’s guardian, kinsman, and chancellor, being very displeased about the things that had happened,

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Verse 1. Cousin. He was of the blood royal and governor, (verse 22 and 1 B. 11:18) having supplanted Philip. Calmet.—Lysias had been vanquished already. 1 B. 4:28. Worthington. Calmet.

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