2 Maccabees 11:16
“For there were letters written vnto the Iewes from Lysias, to this effect: Lysias vnto the people of the Iewes, sendeth greeting.”
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2 Maccabees 11:16 Context
14And perswaded them to agree to all reasonable conditions, & [promised] that hee would perswade the king, that he must needs be a friend vnto them. 15Then Maccabeus consented to all that Lysias desired, being carefull of the common good; and whatsoeuer Maccabeus wrote vnto Lysias concerning the Iewes, the king granted it. 16For there were letters written vnto the Iewes from Lysias, to this effect: Lysias vnto the people of the Iewes, sendeth greeting. 17Iohn and Absalon, who were sent from you, deliuered me the petition subscribed, and made request for the performance of the contents thereof. 18Therefore what things soeuer were meet to be reported to the king, I haue declared them, and he hath granted as much as might be.
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For there were letters written unto the Jews from Lysias to this effect: Lysias unto the people of the Jews sendeth greeting:
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