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Just like my brothers, I give up both body and life for the ancestral laws. I call upon God to be merciful to the nation without delay, and to make you confess, after you suffer trials and diseases, that only he is God.
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Also I hope through me and my brothers to stop the anger of the almighty, who is justly punishing our entire nation."
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Bitterly annoyed at the young boy's contempt, the king grew angry and treated him worse than the others.
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And this brother then died with integrity, trusting entirely in the Lord.