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2 Maccabees 9:16-18
Good News Translation
2 Maccabees 9:16-18
Good News Translation
16 I once looted the Temple and took its sacred utensils, but I will fill it with splendid gifts and with better utensils than before, and I will pay the cost of the sacrifices from my own resources. 17 Besides all this, I will become a Jew myself and go wherever people live, telling them of God's power.
Antiochus' Letter to the Jews
18 Antiochus was in despair and could find no relief from his pain, because God was punishing him as he deserved, so he wrote the following letter to the Jews:
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