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2 Maccabees 11:16 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" The letter written to the Jews from Lysias was to this effect: “Lysias to the people of the Jews, greetings. "

2 Maccabees 11:16

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14 and persuaded them to come to terms on condition that all their rights were acknowledged, and promised that he would also persuade the king to become their friend.

15 Maccabaeus gave consent upon all the conditions which Lysias proposed to him, being careful of the common good; for whatever requests Maccabaeus delivered in writing to Lysias concerning the Jews the king allowed.

16 The letter written to the Jews from Lysias was to this effect: “Lysias to the people of the Jews, greetings.

17 John and Absalom, who were sent from you, having delivered the document written below, made request concerning the things written therein.

18 Whatever things therefore needed to be brought before the king I declared to him, and what things were possible he allowed.

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1 Maccabees 14:20

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"This is the copy of the letter which the Spartans sent: “The rulers and the city of the Spartans, to Simon the high priest, to the elders, the priests, and the rest of the people of the Jews, our kindred, greetings."

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1 Maccabees 10:25

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"We enjoin you then, having openly published a copy of this letter in every place, to give the Jews permission to use their own lawful customs"

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"He sent the letters to all the Jews, to the one hundred twenty-seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,"

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2 Maccabees 12:1

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"So when this agreement had been made, Lysias departed to the king, and the Jews went about their farming."

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2 Maccabees 13:26

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"Lysias came forward to speak, made the best defense that was possible, persuaded, pacified, gained their good will, and departed to Antioch. This was the issue of the attack and departure of the king."

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2 Maccabees 11:1

"Now after a very little time, Lysias, the king’s guardian, kinsman, and chancellor, being very displeased about the things that had happened,"

2 Maccabees 11:2

"collected about eighty thousand infantry and all his cavalry and came against the Jews, planning to make the city a home for Greeks,"

2 Maccabees 11:3

"and to levy tribute on the temple, as on the other sacred places of the nations, and to put up the high priesthood for sale every year."

2 Maccabees 11:4

"He took no account of God’s power, but was puffed up with his ten thousands of infantry, his thousands of cavalry, and his eighty elephants."

2 Maccabees 11:5

"Coming into Judea and approaching Bethsuron, which was a strong place and about five stadia away from Jerusalem, he pressed it hard."

2 Maccabees 11:6

"When Maccabaeus and his men learned that he was besieging the strongholds, they and all the people with lamentations and tears made supplication to the Lord to send a good angel to save Israel."

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