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2 Maccabees 9:21 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" I remembered with affection your honor and good will. Returning out of the region of Persia, and being taken with an annoying sickness, I deemed it necessary to take thought for the common safety of all, "

2 Maccabees 9:21

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

20 May you and your children fare well, and may your affairs be as you wish. Having my hope in heaven,

21 I remembered with affection your honor and good will. Returning out of the region of Persia, and being taken with an annoying sickness, I deemed it necessary to take thought for the common safety of all,

22 not despairing of myself, but having great hope to escape from the sickness.

23 But considering that my father also, at the time he led an army into the upper country, appointed his successor,

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2 Maccabees 9:1

"Now about that time, Antiochus retreated in disorder from the region of Persia."

2 Maccabees 9:2

"For he had entered into the city called Persepolis, and he attempted to rob a temple and to control the city. Therefore the multitudes rushed in and the people of the country turned to defend themselves with weapons; and it came to pass that Antiochus was put to flight by the people of the country and broke his camp with disgrace."

2 Maccabees 9:3

"While he was at Ecbatana, news was brought to him about what had happened to Nicanor and the forces of Timotheus."

2 Maccabees 9:4

"Being overcome by his anger, he planned to make the Jews suffer for the evil deeds of those who had put him to flight. Therefore, with judgment from heaven even now accompanying him, he ordered his charioteer to drive without ceasing until he completed the journey; for he arrogantly said this: “I will make Jerusalem a common graveyard of Jews when I come there.”"

2 Maccabees 9:5

"But the All-seeing Lord, the God of Israel, struck him with a fatal and invisible stroke. As soon as he had finished speaking this word, an incurable pain of the bowels seized him, with bitter torments of the inner parts—"

2 Maccabees 9:6

"and that most justly, for he had tormented other men’s bowels with many and strange sufferings."

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