2 Maccabees 4:28
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
for unto him appertained the gathering of the customs. Wherefore they were both called before the king.
Greek · Brenton
ποιουμένου δὲ τὴν ἀπαίτησιν Σωστράτου τοῦ τῆς ἀκροπόλεως ἐπάρχου· πρὸς τοῦτον γὰρ ἦν ἡ τῶν φόρων πρᾶξις· διʼ ἣν αἰτίαν οἱ δύο ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως προσεκλήθησαν.