1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| II Maccabees 4:22 | Where he was received in a magnificent manner by Jason, and the city, and came in with torch lights, and with praises, and from thence he returned with his army into Phenicia. | Lights, usual in testimony of joy. (Calmet) --- The roofs at Athens were all illuminated when Anthony entered; (Plutarch) and Caesar ascended the capitol, while forty elephants on each side bore torches. (Suetonius xxxvii.) |