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He will also carry their gods, with their molten images and their precious vessels of silver and of gold, captive into Egypt. He will refrain some years from the king of the north.
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Verse 8. Gods. He took back what Cambyses had conveyed out of Egypt; and it was on this account that the people styled him “benefactor.” Saint Jerome Calmet.—North. Seleucus Callinicus. Challoner.—If Evergetes had not been recalled into Egypt by civil broils, he would have seized all the kingdom of Seleucus. Just. xvii.—As he passed by Jerusalem (verse 9) he made great presents, and caused victims of thanksgiving to be offered up. Jos. c. Ap. ii.
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