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Lysimachus

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

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LYSIMACHUS. 1 . The translator of the Greek edition of Esther into Greek (Ad. Est 11:1). 2 . The brother of the high priest Menelaus. He excited the hatred of the populace by his systematic plundering of the Temple treasures, and was finally killed in a riot ( 2Ma 4:28; 2Ma 4:39-42 ).

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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Lysimachus'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​l/lysimachus.html. 1909.
 
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