4 Maccabees 3:20

20 At a time when our fathers were enjoying profound peace because of their observance of the law and were prospering, so that even Seleucus Nicanor, king of Asia, had both appropriated money to them for the temple service and recognized their commonwealth --

4 Maccabees 3:20 In-Context

18 it can overthrow bodily agonies even when they are extreme, and by nobility of reason spurn all domination by the emotions.
19 The present occasion now invites us to a narrative demonstration of temperate reason.
20 At a time when our fathers were enjoying profound peace because of their observance of the law and were prospering, so that even Seleucus Nicanor, king of Asia, had both appropriated money to them for the temple service and recognized their commonwealth --
21 just at that time certain men attempted a revolution against the public harmony and caused many and various disasters.
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