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2 Maccabees 9:5-7
Common English Bible
2 Maccabees 9:5-7
Common English Bible
5 But the all-seeing Lord God of Israel struck him with a deadly and invisible blow. As soon as he had uttered this statement, he developed a pain in his stomach and a cruel torment in his internal organs from which he could find no relief. 6 This was altogether just, since he had tortured the inner organs of others with many extraordinary torments. 7 By no means, however, did it put a stop to his arrogance. In his contempt, a fiery anger against the Jews still filled him, and he issued a command to increase the speed of the journey. Then he fell from the chariot as it rushed along, and he suffered a severe accident that caused him pain all over his body.
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