5
he replied, "And I am a sovereign also, on earth, and I command you to take up arms and finish the king's business." Nevertheless, he did not succeed in carrying out his abominable design.
3
the thrice-accursed wretch asked if there were a sovereign in heaven who had commanded the keeping of the sabbath day.
4
And when they declared, "It is the living Lord himself, the Sovereign in heaven, who ordered us to observe the seventh day,"
5
he replied, "And I am a sovereign also, on earth, and I command you to take up arms and finish the king's business." Nevertheless, he did not succeed in carrying out his abominable design.
6
This Nicanor in his utter boastfulness and arrogance had determined to erect a public monument of victory over Judas and his men.
7
But Maccabeus did not cease to trust with all confidence that he would get help from the Lord.
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