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2 Maccabees 11:27 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" And to the nation, the king’s letter was as follows: “King Antiochus to the senate of the Jews and to the other Jews, greetings. "

2 Maccabees 11:27

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25 choosing therefore that this nation also should be free from disturbance, we determine that their temple is to be restored to them, and that they live according to the customs that were in the days of their ancestors.

26 You will therefore do well to send messengers to them and give them the right hand of friendship, that they, knowing our mind, may be of good heart, and gladly occupy themselves with the conduct of their own affairs.”

27 And to the nation, the king’s letter was as follows: “King Antiochus to the senate of the Jews and to the other Jews, greetings.

28 If you are all well, it is as we desire. We ourselves also are in good health.

29 Menelaus informed us that your desire was to return home and follow your own business.

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1 Maccabees 15:2

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"Its contents follow: “King Antiochus to Simon the chief priest and governor, and to the nation of the Jews, greetings."

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2 Maccabees 9:19

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"“To the worthy Jewish citizens, Antiochus, king and general, wishes much joy and health and prosperity."

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1 Maccabees 10:25

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"So he sent to them this message: “King Demetrius to the nation of the Jews, greetings."

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Ezra 5:7

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"They sent a letter to him, in which was written: To Darius the king, all peace."

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Esther 9:30

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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 1:10

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"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."

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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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