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NUMENIUS. One of an embassy sent ( c [Note: circa, about.] . b.c. 144) by the Jews to Rome and Sparta ( 1Ma 12:1-18 ). He visited Rome on a similar errand a few years later ( 1Ma 14:24; 1Ma 15:15-24 ).

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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Numenius'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​n/numenius.html. 1909.
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