2 Maccabees

2 Maccabees 6:2

μολῦναι δὲ καὶ τὸν ἐν Ιεροσολύμοις νεὼ καὶ προσονομάσαι Διὸς Ὀλυμπίου καὶ τὸν ἐν Γαριζιν, καθὼς ἐτύγχανον οἱ τὸν τόπον οἰκοῦντες, Διὸς Ξενίου.
King James Version (KJV)

And to pollute also the temple in Jerusalem, and to call it the temple of Jupiter Olympius; and that in Garizim, of Jupiter the Defender of strangers, as they did desire that dwelt in the place.

Modern English

and to defile the temple in Jerusalem by renaming it the temple of Olympian Zeus, and the one on Gerizim the temple of Zeus the Protector of Strangers, as the local inhabitants there requested.

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