2 Maccabees 6:8

8 Moreover lthere went out a decree to the neighbour cities of the * heathen, by the suggestion of mPtolemee, against the Jews, that they should observe the same nfashions, and kbe partakers of their sacrifices:

l	Comp. 1 Macc. 1. 51.
*	Gr. Grecians. See ch. 4. 13.
m	See ch. 4. 45.
n	See ch. 4. 16.
k	ver. 21. ch. 7. 42 in the Gk. So ver. 8.