Treasury of Scripture Knowledge When these things were in doing, it fell out that they of Tharsus, and Mallos, raised a sedition, because they were given for a gift to Antiochus, the king's concubine. 2 Maccabees 4:28For to him appertained the gathering of the taxes: wherefore they were both called before the king. 2 Maccabees 4:29 And Menelaus was removed from the priesthood, Lysimachus, his brother, succeeding: and Sostratus alas made governor of the Cyprians. 2 Maccabees 4:31 The king, therefore, went in all haste to appease them, leaving Andronicus, one of his nobles, for his deputy. 2 Maccabees 4:32 Then Menelaus supposing that he had found a convenient time, having stolen certain vessels of gold out of the temple, gave them to Andronicus, and others he had sold at Tyre, and in the neighbouring cities: Context 2 Maccabees 4…29And Menelaus was removed from the priesthood, Lysimachus, his brother, succeeding: and Sostratus alas made governor of the Cyprians. 30When these things were in doing, it fell out that they of Tharsus, and Mallos, raised a sedition, because they were given for a gift to Antiochus, the king's concubine. 31The king, therefore, went in all haste to appease them, leaving Andronicus, one of his nobles, for his deputy.… Cross References 2 Maccabees 4:28 For to him appertained the gathering of the taxes: wherefore they were both called before the king. 2 Maccabees 4:29 And Menelaus was removed from the priesthood, Lysimachus, his brother, succeeding: and Sostratus alas made governor of the Cyprians. 2 Maccabees 4:31 The king, therefore, went in all haste to appease them, leaving Andronicus, one of his nobles, for his deputy. 2 Maccabees 4:32 Then Menelaus supposing that he had found a convenient time, having stolen certain vessels of gold out of the temple, gave them to Andronicus, and others he had sold at Tyre, and in the neighbouring cities: |
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