OLD TESTAMENT

2 Maccabees 12:26

The Holy Bible · English

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Then Judas, marching against Carnion and the temple of Atergatis, killed twenty-five thousand people.

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EXPLANATION

Verse 26. Carnion. Greek adds, “and the temple of Astergata,” ( Bible.) the idol Astarte, or Derceto of the Philistines.

EXPLANATION

Compare Carnain, 1 Maccabees 5:26, 43, 44.