1 Maccabees 6:13

13 I perceive therefore that for this cause these troubles have come upon me; and, behold, I perish through great grief in a strange land."

1 Maccabees 6:13 In-Context

11 And I thought to myself, `Into what tribulation have I come, and how great a flood of misery is it wherein now I am! For I was bountiful and beloved in my power.'

12 But now I remember the evils that I did at Jerusalem, and that I took all the vessels of gold and silver that were therein, and sent to destroy the inhabitants of Judea without a cause.

13 I perceive therefore that for this cause these troubles have come upon me; and, behold, I perish through great grief in a strange land."

14 Then he called for Philip, one of his friends, whom he made ruler over all his realm,

15 and gave him the crown and his robe and his signet, to the end that he should bring up his son Antiochus and nourish him up for the kingdom.