2 Maccabees 14:11
“This was no sooner spoken of him, but others of the kings friends being malitiously set against Iudas, did more incense Demetrius.”
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2 Maccabees 14:11 Context
9Wherefore, O king, seeing thou knowest all these things, bee carefull for the countrey, and our nation, which is pressed on euery side, according to the clemency that thou readily shewest vnto all. 10For as long as Iudas liueth, it is not possible that the state should be quiet. 11This was no sooner spoken of him, but others of the kings friends being malitiously set against Iudas, did more incense Demetrius. 12And foorthwith calling Nicanor, who had bene master of the Elephants, and making him gouernour ouer Iudea, he sent him forth, 13Cōmanding him to slay Iudas, & to scatter them that were [wt] him, & to make Alcimus high priest of the great Temple.
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This was no sooner spoken of him, but others of the king's friends, being maliciously set against Judas, did more incense Demetrius.
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