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Read›2 Maccabees›Chapter 5

2 Maccabees 5:23

In 4 translations

KJV
And at Garizim, Andronicus; and besides, Menelaus, who worse than all the rest bare an heavy hand over the citizens, having a malicious mind against his countrymen the Jews.
WEB
and at Gerizim, Andronicus; and besides these, Menelaus, who worse than all the rest, exalted himself against his fellow citizens. Having a malicious mind toward the Jews whom he had made his citizens,Some authorities read toward the Jews, he sent. The Greek text of this sentence is uncertain.Compare 2 Maccabees 4:9, 19; 9:19.
DRC
And in Gazarim, Andronicus and Menelaus, who bore a more heavy hand upon the citizens than the rest.
LXXE
and at Garizim, Andronicus; and besides, Menelaus, who worse than all the rest bare an heavy hand over the citizens, having a malicious mind against his countrymen the Jews.

Original-language editions

LXX-Br
ἐν δὲ Γαριζὶν Ἀνδρόνικον, πρὸς δὲ τούτοις Μενέλαον, ὃς χείριστα τῶν ἄλλων ὑπερῄρετο τοῖς πολίταις, ἀπεχθῆ δὲ πρὸς τοὺς πολίτας Ἰουδαίους ἔχων διάθεσιν.

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