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Read›2 Maccabees›Chapter 4
In 4 translations
- KJV
- For unto him appertained the gathering of the customs. Wherefore they were both called before the king.
- WEB
- for his job was the gathering of the revenues—so they were both called by the king to his presence.
- DRC
- For to him appertained the gathering of the taxes: wherefore they were both called before the king.
- LXXE
- for unto him appertained the gathering of the customs. Wherefore they were both called before the king.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- ποιουμένου δὲ τὴν ἀπαίτησιν Σωστράτου τοῦ τῆς ἀκροπόλεως ἐπάρχου· πρὸς τοῦτον γὰρ ἦν ἡ τῶν φόρων πρᾶξις· διʼ ἣν αἰτίαν οἱ δύο ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως προσεκλήθησαν.