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Before he died he witnessed the ruin of Nineveh. He saw the Ninevites taken prisoner and deported to Media by Cyaxares king of Media. He blessed God for everything he inflicted on the Ninevites and Assyrians. Before his death he had the opportunity of rejoicing over the fate of Nineveh, and he blessed the Lord God for ever and ever. Amen. (Tobit 14, 15)
Judith came in and took her place. The heart of Holofernes was ravished at the sight; his very soul was stirred. He was seized with a violent desire to sleep with her; and indeed since the first day he saw her, he had been waiting for an opportunity to seduce her. (Judith 12, 16)
The people in the Citadel at the time were blockading Israel round the sanctuary and were taking every opportunity to harm them and to support the gentiles. (1 Maccabees 6, 18)
Demetrius sent word back to Jonathan, 'Not only will I do this for you and for your nation, but I shall heap honours on you and your nation if I find a favourable opportunity. (1 Maccabees 11, 42)
now that we have a favourable opportunity, we are merely recovering our ancestral heritage. (1 Maccabees 15, 34)
Thinking he had found a favourable opportunity, Menelaus abstracted a number of golden vessels from the Temple and presented them to Andronicus, and managed to sell others to Tyre and the surrounding cities. (2 Maccabees 4, 32)
Presently he found an opportunity to further his mad plan. When Demetrius called him into his council and questioned him about the dispositions and intentions of the Jews, he replied, (2 Maccabees 14, 5)
Since, however, there was no way of opposing the king, he waited for an opportunity to carry out the order by a stratagem. (2 Maccabees 14, 29)
and Daniel went off to ask the king for a stay of execution to give him the opportunity of revealing his interpretation to the king. (Daniel 2, 16)
only to retrace their steps and find themselves face to face again. Obliged then to explain, they admitted their desire and agreed to look for an opportunity of surprising her alone. (Daniel 13, 14)
and from then onwards he began to look for an opportunity to betray him. (Matthew 26, 16)
An opportunity came on Herod's birthday when he gave a banquet for the nobles of his court, for his army officers and for the leading figures in Galilee. (Mark 6, 21)
