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2 Maccabees 13:3

Menelaus also ioyned him self with them and with great disceit incouraged Antiochus, not for the safegard of the countrei, but because he thoght to haue bene made the gouernour.

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
Menelaus also joined himself with them, and with great dissimulation encouraged Antiochus, not for the safeguard of the country, but because he thought to have been made governor.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
Menelaus also joined himself with them, and with great dissimulation encouraged Antiochus, not for the safeguard of the country, but because he thought to have been made governor.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
Menelaus also joined himself with them, and with great dissimulation encouraged Antiochus, not for the safeguard of the country, but because he thought to have been made governor.
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
And Menelaus also joined himself with them, and with great hypocrisy encouraged Antiochus, not for the saving of his country, but because he thought that he would be set over the government.
World English Bible