Parallel 2MA 6:1

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BrLXX Μετʼ οὐ πολὺν δὲ χρόνον ἐξαπέστειλεν ὁ βασιλεὺς γέροντα Ἀθηναῖον, ἀναγκάζειν τοὺς Ἰουδαίους μεταβαίνειν ἐκ τῶν πατρῴων νόμων, καὶ τοῖς τοῦ Θεοῦ νόμοις μὴ πολιτεύεσθαι,
(Metʼ ou polun de ⱪronon exapesteilen ho basileus geronta Athaʸnaion, anagkazein tous Youdaious metabainein ek tōn patrōōn nomōn, kai tois tou Theou nomois maʸ politeuesthai, )

BrTr Not long after this the king sent an old man of Athens to compel the Jews to depart from the laws of their fathers, and not to live after the laws of God:

WEBBE Not long after this, the king sent out [fn]an old man of Athens to compel the Jews to depart from the laws of their fathers and not to live by the laws of God,

6:1 Or, Geron an Athenian

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn]Not long after this, the king sent an olde man of Athens, to compell the Iewes to depart from the lawes of their fathers, and not to liue after the Lawes of God:
(¶ Not long after this, the king sent an old man of Athens, to compell the Yews to depart from the lawes of their fathers, and not to live after the Lawes of God:)

6:1 Antioch: the Latine interpreters.