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2 Maccabees 4:46
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Ptolemy then asked the king to go outside the courtroom with him, as though to get some fresh air, and there he persuaded him to change his mind
2 Maccabees 4:50
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Menelaus stayed on in his position because of the greed of those in power. He grew more evil every day and became the worst enemy of his own people.
2 Maccabees 5:10
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Jason had killed many people and left their bodies unburied, but now his own death was unmourned. He was not given a funeral or even buried with his ancestors.
2 Maccabees 6:9
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they were told to put to death every Jew who refused to adopt the Greek way of life. It was easy to see that hard times were ahead.
2 Maccabees 6:24
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Such deception is not worthy of a man of my years. Many young people would think that I had denied my faith after I was ninety years old.
2 Maccabees 6:25
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If I pretended to eat this meat, just to live a little while longer, it would bring shame and disgrace on me and lead many young people astray.
2 Maccabees 7:10
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The soldiers began entertaining themselves with the third brother. When he was ordered to stick out his tongue, he quickly did so. Then he bravely held out his hands
2 Maccabees 7:11
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and courageously said, "God gave these to me. But his laws mean more to me than my hands, and I know God will give them back to me again."
2 Maccabees 8:1
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Judas Maccabeus and his friends went secretly from village to village until they had gathered a force of about 6,000 Jewish men who had remained faithful to their religion.
2 Maccabees 8:20
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and once in Babylonia 8,000 Jews came to the aid of 4,000 Macedonians, defeating 120,000 Galatians and taking a great deal of loot, all because of God's help.
2 Maccabees 8:23
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After ordering Eleazar to read aloud from the holy book, he gave his men the battle cry: "God will help us," and personally led the attack against Nicanor.
2 Maccabees 8:25
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They seized the money from the people who had come to buy them as slaves. Then they pursued the enemy a long way, until they had to return,
2 Maccabees 9:10
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and no one was able to come close enough to carry him around. Yet only a short while before, he thought he could take hold of the stars.
2 Maccabees 9:14
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"I once intended to level Jerusalem to the ground and make that holy city a graveyard full of Jews," he said, "but now I declare it a free city.
2 Maccabees 9:18
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Antiochus was in despair and could find no relief from his pain, because God was punishing him as he deserved, so he wrote the following letter to the Jews:
2 Maccabees 10:7
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But now, carrying green palm branches and sticks decorated with ivy, they paraded around, singing grateful praises to him who had brought about the purification of his own Temple.
2 Maccabees 10:35
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At dawn on the fifth day, twenty of Judas' men, burning with anger at these insults, bravely climbed the wall and with savage fury chopped down everyone they met.
2 Maccabees 10:38
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When it was over, the Jews celebrated by singing hymns and songs of thanksgiving to the Lord, who had shown them great kindness and had given them victory.
2 Maccabees 11:17
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Your representatives John and Absalom have delivered to me the official document you sent with them, and they have asked me to agree to what is contained in it.
2 Maccabees 11:31
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You may continue to observe your food laws and other laws, as you used to do, and no Jew will be punished for any crime done in ignorance.