2 Maccabees 14:33-35

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³³ he stretched out his right hand toward the sanctuary and swore this oath: “If you do not hand Judas over to me as a prisoner, I will level this shrine of God to the ground and tear down the altar and build here a splendid temple to Dionysus.”^(A)

³⁴ Having said this, he went away. Then the priests stretched out their hands toward heaven and called upon the constant Defender of our nation, in these words:^{(B) 35} “O Lord of all, though you have need of nothing, you were pleased that there should be a temple for your habitation among us,^(C)