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4 Maccabees 4:22

In 2 translations

WEB: For being at war with Ptolemy in Egypt, he heard that on a report of his death being spread abroad, the inhabitants of Jerusalem had exceedingly rejoiced, and he quickly marched against them.
LXXE: For being at war with Ptolemy in Egypt, he heard that on a report of his death being spread abroad, the inhabitants of Jerusalem had exceedingly rejoiced, and he quickly marched against them.

Original-language editions

LXX-Br: Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ πολεμῶν ἦν κατʼ Αἴγυπ τον Πτολεμαίῳ, ἤκουσέν τε, ὅτι φήμης διαδοθείσης περὶ τιῦ τεθνάναι αὐτὸν, ὡς ἔνι μάλιστα χαίροιεν οἱ Ἱεροσολυμῖται, ταχέως ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς ἀνέζευξεν.