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2 Maccabees 8:33

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33

As they celebrated the feast of victory in the city of their fathers, they burned those who had set the sacred gates on fire, including Callisthenes, who had fled into a little house. So they received the proper reward for their impiety.

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The Greek text here is perhaps corrupt.

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Or, country

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Or, porches

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Or, a solitary hut

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