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2 Maccabees 1:14

In 4 translations

KJV
For Antiochus, as though he would marry her, came into the place, and his friends that were with him, to receive money in name of a dowry.
WEB
For Antiochus, on the pretense that he would marry her, came into the place, he and his friends who were with him, that they might take a large part of the treasures as a dowry.
DRC
For Antiochus, with his friends, came to the place as though he would marry her, and that he might receive great sums of money under the title of a dowry.
LXXE
For Antiochus, as though he would marry her, came into the place, and his friends that were with him, to receive money in name of a dowry.

Original-language editions

LXX-Br
Ὡς γὰρ συνοικήσων αὐτῇ παρεγένετο εἰς τὸν τόπον ὅ, τε Ἀντίοχος, καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ φίλοι, χάριν τοῦ λαβεῖν τὰ χρήματα εἰς φερνῆς λόγον·

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