OLD TESTAMENT

2 Maccabees 9:16

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The holy sanctuary, which before he had plundered, he would adorn with the best offerings, and would restore all the sacred vessels many times multiplied, and out of his own revenues would defray the charges that were required for the sacrifices.

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Verse 16. Sacrifices, as Darius, Philometor, and afterwards (1 B. 10:39.) Nicator did. 1 Ezra 6:9. Calmet.

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