Treasury of Scripture Knowledge But Menelaus being convicted, promised Ptolemee to give him much money to persuade the king to favour him. 2 Maccabees 4:43Now concerning these matters, an accusation was laid against Menelaus. 2 Maccabees 4:44 And when the king was come to Tyre, three men were sent from the ancients to plead the cause before him. 2 Maccabees 4:46 So Ptolemee went to the king in a certain court where he was, as it were to cool himself, and brought him to be of another mind: 2 Maccabees 4:47 So Menelaus, who was guilty of all the evil, was acquitted by him of the accusations: and those poor men, who, if they had pleaded their cause even before Scythians, should have been judged innocent, were condemned to death. Context 2 Maccabees 4…44And when the king was come to Tyre, three men were sent from the ancients to plead the cause before him. 45But Menelaus being convicted, promised Ptolemee to give him much money to persuade the king to favour him. 46So Ptolemee went to the king in a certain court where he was, as it were to cool himself, and brought him to be of another mind:… Cross References 2 Maccabees 4:43 Now concerning these matters, an accusation was laid against Menelaus. 2 Maccabees 4:44 And when the king was come to Tyre, three men were sent from the ancients to plead the cause before him. 2 Maccabees 4:46 So Ptolemee went to the king in a certain court where he was, as it were to cool himself, and brought him to be of another mind: 2 Maccabees 4:47 So Menelaus, who was guilty of all the evil, was acquitted by him of the accusations: and those poor men, who, if they had pleaded their cause even before Scythians, should have been judged innocent, were condemned to death. |
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