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Moreover, to collect knowledge, and to order words, and to discuss every particular point attentively, is the duty of the author of a history. (2 Maccabees 2, 31)
But he began to consider the eminent dignity of his stage of life and old age, and the natural honor of gray hair, as well as his exemplary words and deeds from childhood. And he responded quickly, according also to the ordinances of the sacred law preserved by God, saying, that he would first be sent to the underworld. (2 Maccabees 6, 23)
But those who led him, and who were more mild a little before, were turned to anger because of the words spoken by him, which they considered to have been brought forth by way of arrogance. (2 Maccabees 6, 29)
But Antiochus, thinking himself despised, and at the same time also despising the voice of the reproacher, when only the youngest was still left, not only exhorted him with words, but also assured him with an oath, that he would make him wealthy and happy, and, if he would convert from the laws of his fathers, he would have him as a friend, and he would provide him with necessary things. (2 Maccabees 7, 24)
And so, when he had exhorted her with many words, she promised that she would counsel her son. (2 Maccabees 7, 26)
By these words, they were brought to constancy and were prepared to die for the laws and their nation. (2 Maccabees 8, 21)
But the Lord God of Israel, who oversees all things, struck him with an incurable and invisible plague. For, as soon as he had finished these words, a dire pain in his abdomen seized him, with bitter internal torments. (2 Maccabees 9, 5)
And he, being filled with arrogance beyond human means, seemed to himself to command even the waves of the sea and to weigh even the heights of the mountains in a balance. But now, humbled to the ground, he was carried on a stretcher, calling himself as a witness to the manifest virtue of God. (2 Maccabees 9, 8)
But those who were inside, trusting to the strength of the place, spoke evil without limit and cast out nefarious words. (2 Maccabees 10, 34)
In truth, those who were inside, trusting in the strength of the walls and in the preparations of rations, acted irresponsibly, and they challenged Judas with evil words and blaspheming, as well as by speaking what is not lawful. (2 Maccabees 12, 14)
And so, having been exhorted by the very good words of Judas, by which the readiness and courage of the young men were able to be raised and strengthened, they resolved to strive and to contend with fortitude, so that virtue would judge the matter, because the holy city and the temple were in peril. (2 Maccabees 15, 17)
For, just as it is adverse to drink always wine, or always water, so also it is pleasant to use sometimes the one, and sometimes the other. So, if the words were always exact, it would not be pleasing to the readers. Therefore, here it shall be completed. (2 Maccabees 15, 40)
