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yea, and that also he would become a Jew himself, and go through all the world that was inhabited, and declare the power of God.
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But for all this, his pains would not cease; for the just judgment of God had come upon him. Therefore, despairing of his health, he wrote unto the Jews the letter following, containing the form of a supplication, in this manner:
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Antiochus, king and governor, to the good Jews his citizens wisheth much joy, health, and prosperity.
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If ye and your children fare well and your affairs be to your contentment, I give very great thanks to God, having my hope in heaven.
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As for me, I was weak, or else I would have remembered kindly your honor and good will. Returning out of Persia and being taken with a grievous disease, I thought it necessary to care for the common safety of all.
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