2 Machabees 2:9
For he treated wisdom in a magnificent manner: and like a wise man, he offered the sacrifice of the dedication, and of the finishing of the temple.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Magnifice etenim sapientiam tractabat : et ut sapientiam habens, obtulit sacrificium dedicationis et consummationis templi.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- διεσαφεῖτο δὲ καὶ ὡς σοφίαν ἔχων ἀνήνεγκεν θυσίαν ἐγκαινισμοῦ καὶ τῆς τελειώσεως τοῦ ἱεροῦ.
Haydock's commentary
Treated. Greek, "He was manifested, and like one possessing wisdom, he," &c. (Haydock)
On this occasion, Solomon chiefly displayed his wisdom, praying aloud.
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.