Parallel 2MA 4:2

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BrLXX Καὶ τὸν εὐεργέτην τῆς πόλεως, καὶ τὸν κηδεμόνα τῶν ὁμοεθνῶν, καὶ ζηλωτὴν τῶν νόμων, ἐπίβουλον τῶν πραγμάτων ἐτόλμα λέγειν.
(Kai ton euergetaʸn taʸs poleōs, kai ton kaʸdemona tōn homoethnōn, kai zaʸlōtaʸn tōn nomōn, epiboulon tōn pragmatōn etolma legein. )

BrTr Thus was he bold to call him a traitor, that had deserved well of the city, and tendered his own nation, and was so zealous of the laws.

WEBBE He dared to call him a conspirator against the state who was actually the benefactor of the city, the guardian of his fellow countrymen, and a zealot for the laws.

KJB-1611 Thus was hee bold to call him a traitour, that had deserued well of the citie, and tendred his owne nation, and was so zealous of the lawes.
(Thus was he bold to call him a traitour, that had deserued well of the city, and tenderd his own nation, and was so zealous of the lawes.)