The interpretation timeline
1 Maccabees 1:30 Douay-Rheims

And after two full years the king sent the chief collector of his tributes to the cities of Juda, and he came to Jerusalem with a great multitude.

1 witness

Post-Reformation

c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
1774–1849
“The chief collector, &c. Apollonius. (Challoner) (2 Machabees v. 24.) (Worthington) — He basely fell upon the unsuspecting citizens on a sabbath day. (Haydock)”
Modern · 1953 →

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