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Read›3 Maccabees›Chapter 1
In 2 translations
- WEB
- The elders who surrounded the king tried in many ways to divert his arrogant mind from the design which he had formed.
- LXXE
- The elders who surrounded the king strove in many ways to divert his haughty mind from the design which he had formed.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Οἱ δὲ περὶ τὸν βασιλέα πρεσβύτεροι πολλαχῶς ἐπειρῶντο τὸν ἀγέρωχον αὐτοῦ νοῦν ἐξιστάνειν τῆς ἐντεθυμημένης βουλῆς.