2 Maccabees 4:23
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Menelaus Becomes High Priest
23 After a period of three years, Jason sent Menelaus, the brother of the previously mentioned Simon, to carry the money to the king and to complete the records of essential business.(A)
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2 Maccabees 5:15
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Pillage of the Temple
15 Not content with this, Antiochus[a] dared to enter the most holy temple in all the world, guided by Menelaus, who had become a traitor both to the laws and to his country.(A)
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2 Maccabees 5:23
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23 and at Gerizim, Andronicus; and besides these Menelaus, who lorded it over his compatriots worse than the others did. In his malice toward the Jewish citizens,[a](A)
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- 5.23 Or worse than the others did in his malice toward the Jewish citizens.
2 Maccabees 11:29
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29 Menelaus has informed us that you wish to return home and look after your own affairs.(A)
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