OLD TESTAMENT

2 Maccabees 2:32

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Here then let’s begin the narration, only adding this much to that which has already been said; for it is a foolish thing to make a long prologue to the history, and to abridge the history itself.

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Verse 32. Nice. Greek εξεργαστικον, “elaborate disquisitions.” Both must equally seek the truth: but long details are not expected in abridgments as they are in a full history. Bible.

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