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And, after three years, Jason sent Menelaus, the brother of the above mentioned Simon, carrying money to the king, and bearing responses about essential matters. (2 Maccabees 4, 23)
And indeed, Jason, who had taken captive his own brother, was himself deceived, and was expelled to become a fugitive in the region of the Ammonites. (2 Maccabees 4, 26)
And Menelaus was removed from the priesthood, being succeeded by Lysimachus, his brother. Then Sostratus was appointed over the Cyprians. (2 Maccabees 4, 29)
Then, having continued throughout two days to lay waste to the fortress, they killed Timothy, who was found hiding himself in a certain place. And they also killed his brother Chaereas, and Apollophanes. (2 Maccabees 10, 37)
But the letter of the king contained this: “King Antiochus to Lysias, his brother: greetings. (2 Maccabees 11, 22)
In truth, Simon, the brother of Judas, had joined battle with Nicanor, but he became frightened at the unexpected arrival of the adversaries. (2 Maccabees 14, 17)
Whoever is a friend loves at all times. And a brother is proved by distress. (Proverbs 17, 17)
Whoever is dissolute and slack in his work is the brother of him who wastes his own works. (Proverbs 18, 9)
A brother who is helped by a brother is like a reinforced city, and judgments are like the bars of cities. (Proverbs 18, 19)
A man amiable to society shall be more friendly than a brother. (Proverbs 18, 24)
Do not dismiss your friend or your father’s friend. And do not enter your brother’s house in the day of your affliction. A close neighbor is better than a distant brother. (Proverbs 27, 10)
He is one, and he does not have a second: no son, no brother. And yet he does not cease to labor, nor are his eyes satisfied with wealth, nor does he reflect, saying: “For whom do I labor and cheat my soul of good things?” In this, too, is emptiness and a most burdensome affliction. (Ecclesiastes 4, 8)
