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2 Maccabees 9:1-3 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

1. At the same time, Antiochus returned in dishonor from Persia.

2. For he had entered into the city called Persepolis, and attempted to rob the temple, and to oppress the city, but the multitude, rushing to arms, turned them to flight, and so it happened that Antiochus, after fleeing, returned in disgrace.

3. And when he had arrived near Ecbatana, he realized what had happened to Nicanor and Timothy.

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