OLD TESTAMENT

2 Maccabees 4:41

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But when they perceived the assault of Lysimachus, some caught up stones, others logs of wood, and some took handfuls of the ashes that lay near, and they flung them all in wild confusion at Lysimachus and those who were with him.

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Verse 41. Ashes. Greek adds, “lying there,” ( Bible.) in the temple, near the altar, or in the place assigned for them. Leviticus 1:16. Calmet.

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