OLD TESTAMENT

2 Maccabees 5:1

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Now about this time Antiochus made his second invasion into Egypt.

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Verse 1. Second. After he had sent Apollonius, he proceeded no farther then Joppe and Jerusalem; being perhaps afraid of the Romans. Calmet. 4:21. Three years after, as the regents of Egypt demanded Celosyria, he went to meet them in their own country. A. 3834.

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