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came to King Demetrius in about the one hundred fifty-first year, presenting to him a crown of gold and a palm, and beside these some of the festal olive boughs of the temple. For that day, he held his peace;
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Verse 4. Fifty, according to the Chaldee reckoning. Calmet. 2:21. Menochius.—Boughs; probably ( Bible.) of gold, ( Worthington.) or adorned with leaves of that metal. People presented what they thought proper to the temple. The apostles admired these gifts, as well as the stones of the fabric. Lu. 21:5.
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