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2 Maccabees 1:10 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" The people of Jerusalem and those who are in Judea, with the senate and Judas, to Aristobulus, King Ptolemy’s teacher, who is also of the stock of the anointed priests, and to the Jews who are in Egypt, we send greetings and health. "

2 Maccabees 1:10

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8 and set the gate on fire, and shed innocent blood. We prayed to the Lord, and were heard. We offered sacrifices and meal offerings. We lit the lamps. We set out the show bread.

9 Now see that you keep the days of the feast of tabernacles in the month Chislev in the one hundred eighty-eighth year.

10 The people of Jerusalem and those who are in Judea, with the senate and Judas, to Aristobulus, King Ptolemy’s teacher, who is also of the stock of the anointed priests, and to the Jews who are in Egypt, we send greetings and health.

11 Having been saved by God out of great perils, as men arrayed against a king, we thank him greatly.

12 For he threw out into Persia those who fought against us in the holy city.

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2 Maccabees 1:1

"The kindred, the Jews who are in Jerusalem and those who are in the country of Judea, send greetings and good peace to the kindred, the Jews who are throughout Egypt."

2 Maccabees 1:2

"May God do good to you, and remember his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, his faithful servants,"

2 Maccabees 1:3

"and give you all a heart to worship him and do his will with a strong heart and a willing soul."

2 Maccabees 1:4

"May God open your heart to his law and his statutes, and make peace,"

2 Maccabees 1:5

"and listen to your requests, and be reconciled with you, and not forsake you in an evil time."

2 Maccabees 1:6

"Now we are praying for you here."

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