OLD TESTAMENT

2 Maccabees 5:8

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At last therefore he met with a miserable end. Having been imprisoned at the court of Aretas the prince of the Arabians, fleeing from city to city, pursued by all men, hated as a rebel against the laws, and abhorred as the executioner of his country and his fellow citizens, he was cast ashore in Egypt.

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Verse 8. Shut up in prison, out of which he escaped to Egypt; ( Menochius.) or he was hard pressed, ( Calmet.) or accused. Grot.

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