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Οἱ δὲ ἱερεῖς ἐπέψαλλον τοὺς ὕμνους. | The Persian emperor hears about the fire. 2Mace.1.30-36The Persian emperor hears about the fire. 2Mace.1.30-36 | Then the priests sang the hymns. |
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καθὼς δὲ ἀνηλώθη τὰ τῆς θυσίας, καὶ τὸ περιλειπόμενον ὕδωρ ὁ Νεεμιας ἐκέλευσεν λίθους μείζονας καταχεῖν. | | And when the materials of the sacrifice were consumed, Nehemiah ordered that the liquid that was left should be poured upon large stones. |
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ὡς δὲ τοῦτο ἐγενήθη, φλὸξ ἀνήφθη· τοῦ δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου ἀντιλάμψαντος φωτὸς ἐδαπανήθη. | | When this was done, a flame blazed up; but when the light from the altar shone back, it went out. |
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ὡς δὲ φανερὸν ἐγενήθη τὸ πρᾶγμα, καὶ διηγγέλη τῷ βασιλεῖ τῶν Περσῶν ὅτι εἰς τὸν τόπον, οὗ τὸ πῦρ ἔκρυψαν οἱ μεταχθέντες ἱερεῖς, τὸ ὕδωρ ἐφάνη, ἀφ' οὗ καὶ οἱ περὶ τὸν Νεεμιαν ἥγνισαν τὰ τῆς θυσίας, | | When this matter became known, and it was reported to the king of the Persians that, in the place where the exiled priests had hidden the fire, the liquid had appeared with which Nehemiah and his associates had burned the materials of the sacrifice, |
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περιφράξας δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς ἱερὸν ἐποίησεν δοκιμάσας τὸ πρᾶγμα. | | the king investigated the matter, and enclosed the place and made it sacred. |
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καὶ οἷς ἐχαρίζετο ὁ βασιλεύς, πολλὰ διάφορα ἐλάμβανεν καὶ μετεδίδου. | | And with those persons whom the king favored he exchanged many excellent gifts. |
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προσηγόρευσαν δὲ οἱ περὶ τὸν Νεεμιαν τοῦτο νεφθαρ, ὃ διερμηνεύεται καθαρισμός· καλεῖται δὲ παρὰ τοῖς πολλοῖς νεφθαι. | | Nehemiah and his associates called this "nephthar," which means purification, but by most people it is called naphtha. |
