1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| I Maccabees 3:38 | Then Lysias chose Ptolemee, the son of Dorymenus, and Nicanor, and Gorgias, mighty men of the king's friends. | Ptolomee. He had been governor of Cyprus, under Philometor, and gave him the revenue only when he was capable of acting for himself. (Polybius) --- He afterwards betrayed the island to Epiphanes, 2 Machabees viii. |