Parallel 2MA 4:5

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BrLXX ὡς τὸν βασιλέα διεκομίσθη, οὐ γινόμενος τῶν πολιτῶν κατήγορος, τὸ δὲ συμφέρον κοινῇ κατʼ ἰδίαν παντὶ τῷ πλήθει σκοπῶν.
(hōs ton basilea diekomisthaʸ, ou ginomenos tōn politōn kataʸgoros, to de sumferon koinaʸ katʼ idian panti tōi plaʸthei skopōn. )

BrTr he went to the king, not to be an accuser of his countrymen, but seeking the good of all, both public and private:

WEBBE appealed to the king, not to be an accuser of his fellow-citizens, but looking to the good of all the[fn] people, both public and private;

4:5 Gr. multitude.

KJB-1611 He went to the king, not to be an accuser of his countrey men, but seeking the good of all, both publike, & priuate.
(He went to the king, not to be an accuser of his country men, but seeking the good of all, both publike, and priuate.)