OLD TESTAMENT

2 Maccabees 6:11

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Others who had run together into the caves nearby to keep the seventh day secretly, were betrayed to Philip and were all burned together, because their piety kept them from defending themselves, in view of the honor of that most solemn day.

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Verse 11. Philip, the governor of Jerusalem. Challoner.—Calmet. 5:22. Bible.—See 1 B. 2:31. Calmet.

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