2 Maccabees 5:22
Good News Translation
He appointed governors to cause trouble for the people. In Jerusalem he placed Philip, a man from Phrygia who was more evil than Antiochus himself.

New Revised Standard Version
He left governors to oppress the people: at Jerusalem, Philip, by birth a Phrygian and in character more barbarous than the man who appointed him;

Contemporary English Version
Antiochus picked cruel rulers to govern the people. He appointed Philip from Phrygia to be governor of Jerusalem, and this man was more of a savage than the king himself.

New American Bible
He left governors to harass the nation: at Jerusalem, Philip, a Phrygian by birth, and in character more barbarous than the man who appointed him;

Douay-Rheims Bible
He left also governors to afflict the people: at Jerusalem, Philip, a Phrygian by birth, but in manners more barbarous than he that set him there:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

He left also governors to afflict the people: at Jerusalem, Philip, a Phrygian by birth, but in manners more barbarous than he that set him there:

2 Maccabees 5:20
And, therefore, the place also itself was made partaker of the evils of the people: but afterwards shall communicate in the good things thereof, and as it was forsaken in the wrath of Almighty God, shall be exalted again with great glory, when the great Lord shall be reconciled.

2 Maccabees 5:21
So when Antiochus had taken away out of the temple a thousand and eight hundred talents, he went back in all haste to Antioch, thinking through pride that he might now make the land navigable, and the sea passable on foot: such was the haughtiness of his mind.

2 Maccabees 5:23
And in Gazarim, Andronicus and Menelaus, who bore a more heavy hand upon the citizens than the rest.

2 Maccabees 5:24
And whereas he was set against the Jews, he sent that hateful prince, Apollonius, with an army of two and twenty thousand men, commanding him to kill all that were of perfect age, and to sell the women and the younger sort.

Context
2 Maccabees 5
21So when Antiochus had taken away out of the temple a thousand and eight hundred talents, he went back in all haste to Antioch, thinking through pride that he might now make the land navigable, and the sea passable on foot: such was the haughtiness of his mind. 22He left also governors to afflict the people: at Jerusalem, Philip, a Phrygian by birth, but in manners more barbarous than he that set him there: 23And in Gazarim, Andronicus and Menelaus, who bore a more heavy hand upon the citizens than the rest.…
Cross References
2 Maccabees 5:20
And, therefore, the place also itself was made partaker of the evils of the people: but afterwards shall communicate in the good things thereof, and as it was forsaken in the wrath of Almighty God, shall be exalted again with great glory, when the great Lord shall be reconciled.

2 Maccabees 5:21
So when Antiochus had taken away out of the temple a thousand and eight hundred talents, he went back in all haste to Antioch, thinking through pride that he might now make the land navigable, and the sea passable on foot: such was the haughtiness of his mind.

2 Maccabees 5:23
And in Gazarim, Andronicus and Menelaus, who bore a more heavy hand upon the citizens than the rest.

2 Maccabees 5:24
And whereas he was set against the Jews, he sent that hateful prince, Apollonius, with an army of two and twenty thousand men, commanding him to kill all that were of perfect age, and to sell the women and the younger sort.



(2 M 2M 2Mac Mac maca macc 2macc IImac Imacc II mac)

2 Maccabees 5:21
Top of Page
Top of Page