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2 Maccabees 1:17 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Blessed be our God in all things, who handed over those who had committed impiety. "

2 Maccabees 1:17

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15 And when the priests of Nanaea’s temple had set the treasures out, and he had come there with a small company within the wall of the sacred precinct, they locked the temple when Antiochus had come in.

16 Opening the secret door of the paneled ceiling, they threw stones and struck down the prince. They cut him and his company in pieces, and cut off their heads, and threw them to the people who were outside.

17 Blessed be our God in all things, who handed over those who had committed impiety.

18 Since we are now about to celebrate the purification of the temple in the month Chislev, on the twenty-fifth day, we thought it necessary to notify you, so that you may also keep a feast of tabernacles, and remember the fire which was given when Nehemiah offered sacrifices, after he had built both the temple and the altar.

19 For indeed when our fathers were about to be led into the land of Persia, the godly priests of that time took some of the fire of the altar, and hid it secretly in the hollow of a well that was without water, where they made sure that the place was unknown to anyone.

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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."

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"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

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