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And I said in my heart: Into how much tribulation am I come, and into what floods of sorrow, wherein now I am: I that was pleasant and beloved in my power!
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But now I remember the evils that I have done in Jerusalem, from whence also I took away all the spoils of gold, and of silver that were in it, and I sent to destroy the inhabitants of Juda without cause.
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I know therefore that for this cause these evils have found me: and behold I perish with great grief in a strange land.
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Then he called Philip, one of his friends, and he made him regent over all his kingdom.
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And he gave him the crown, and his robe, and his ring, that he should go to Antiochus his son, and should bring him up for the kingdom.
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So king Antiochus died there in the year one hundred and forty-nine.
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And Lysias understood that the king was dead, and he set up Antiochus his son to reign, whom he brought up young: and he called his name Eupator.
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Now they that were in the castle, had shut up the Israelites round about the holy places: and they were continually seeking their hurt, and to strengthen the Gentiles.
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And Judas purposed to destroy them: and he called together all the people, to besiege them.
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And they came together, and besieged them in the year one hundred and fifty, and they made battering slings and engines.
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And some of the besieged got out: and some wicked men of Israel joined themselves unto them.