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Sparta

Smith's Bible Dictionary

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Spar'ta. A celebrated city of Greece, between whose inhabitants and the Jews, a relationship was believed to subsist. Between the two nations, a correspondence ensued. - Whitney. The act of the Jews and Spartans, 2 Maccabees 5:9, is an ethnological error, which it is difficult to trace to its origin.

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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Sparta'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​s/sparta.html. 1901.
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