22 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. (WEB) 23 Having subdued them, he established a decree that if any of them lived according to the ancestral laws, he should die. (WEB) 24 When he could by no means destroy by his decrees the obedience to the law of the nation, but saw all his threats and punishments without effect, (WEB)
4 Maccabees 4:22–24
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4 Maccabees 18:4–6
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2 Maccabees 12:7–9
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1 Maccabees 1:43–45
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1 Maccabees 7:23–25
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1 Maccabees 4:26–28
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2 Maccabees 13:17–19
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1 Maccabees 5:6–8
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