OLD TESTAMENT

2 Maccabees 14:44

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44

But as they quickly gave back, a space was made, and he fell on the middle of his side.

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Verse 44. Neck. Venit per medium cervicem.—In the Greek it is κενεωνα, which signifies a void place, where there is no building; ( Challoner. Grot.) and also “the belly,” which accounts for his not being killed on the spot. G.

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Or, the void place

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