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1 Maccabees 6:8-10
New Catholic Bible
1 Maccabees 6:8-10
New Catholic Bible
8 When the king heard this report, he was distraught and deeply shaken. Sick with grief because his plans had failed, he retreated to his bed. 9 He lay there for many days, overwhelmed repeatedly with disappointment,[a] and he realized that he was at the point of death.
10 Therefore, he summoned all his Friends and said to them: “Sleep is gone from my eyes, and my heart is overwhelmed with anxiety.
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- 1 Maccabees 6:9 Overwhelmed repeatedly with disappointment: perhaps a type of insanity. According to 2 Mac 9:5-12, the king was afflicted with a repugnant physical illness.
