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Read›3 Maccabees›Chapter 4
In 2 translations
- WEB
- When this was done, the king, hearing that their kindred in the city often went out and lamented the melancholy distress of these victims,
- LXXE
- When this was done, the king, hearing that their brethren in the city often went out and lamented the melancholy distress of these victims,
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ὡς δὲ τοῦτο ἐγενήθη, ἀκούσας τοὺς ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ὁμοεθνεῖς κρυβῇ ἐκπορευομένους πυκνότερον ἀποδύρεσθαι τὴν ἀκλεᾶ τῶν ἀδελφῶν ταλαιπωρίαν,