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When Onias had sure knowledge of this, he sharply reproved him, having withdrawn himself into a sanctuary at Daphne, that lies by Antioch.
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Verse 33. Daphne. This was a famous asylum, to which Onias retreated without worshipping Apollo. He had gone to Antioch to answer the calumnies of Simon; and though Jason got his place, ( Calmet.) the king could not help respecting him, ( Bible.) and wept at his death. This it the highest praise of Onias, as even such a monster acknowledged his merit. Calmet.—Cæsar wept when the head of Pompey was shewn to him. V. Max. i. 5.
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