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Read›2 Maccabees›Chapter 4
In 4 translations
- KJV
- For he built gladly a place of exercise under the tower itself, and brought the chief young men under his subjection, and made them wear a hat.
- WEB
- For he eagerly established a gymnasium under the citadel itself, and caused the noblest of the young men to wear the Greek hat.
- DRC
- For he had the boldness to set up, under the very castle, a place of exercise, and to put all the choicest youths in brothel houses.
- LXXE
- for he built gladly a place of exercise under the tower itself, and brought the chief young men under his subjection, and made them wear a hat.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἀσμένως γὰρ ὑπʼ αὐτὴν τὴν ἀκρόπολιν γυμνάσιον καθίδρυσε, καὶ τοὺς κρατίστους τῶν ἐφήβων ὑποτάσσων, ὑπὸ πέτασον ἦγεν.