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and some eagerly went to the king. The king authorized them to adopt the customs of the pagan nations. (1 Maccabees 1, 13)
When Antiochus felt confident of his power, he decided to seize Egypt and rule over the two nations. (1 Maccabees 1, 16)
All the pagan nations obeyed and respected the king's decree, and even in Israel many accepted the imposed cult. They offered sacrifices to idols and no longer respected the Sabbath. (1 Maccabees 1, 43)
But Mattathias answered in a loud voice: "Even if all the nations included in the kingdom should abandon the religion of their fathers and submit to the order of King Antiochus, (1 Maccabees 2, 19)
The fame of his name reached the king, and the pagan nations recounted his battles. (1 Maccabees 3, 26)
And all the nations will know that Someone saves and liberates Israel." (1 Maccabees 4, 11)
Then all the neighboring nations planned to destroy them on seeing that they were now without leader or ally. And the pagans said: "This is now the opportunity to wipe out the remembrance of them from among men." (1 Maccabees 12, 53)
God forbid that I should seek my own safety when things go wrong! For my life is not of more worth than the lives of my brothers. Now that all the nations have united in their hatred in order to destroy us, (1 Maccabees 13, 5)
Then Numenius and his companions arrived from Rome, carrying letters addressed to the kings and to the nations in the following terms: (1 Maccabees 15, 15)
and to all the nations, to Sampsames, the Spartans, Delos, Myndos, Sicyon, Caria, Samos, Pamphylia, Lycia, Halicarnassus, Rhodes, Phaselis, Cos, Side, Aradus, Gortyna, Cnidus, Cyprus and Cyrene. (1 Maccabees 15, 23)
Gather our scattered people together, set free those held in slavery among the nations, turn your eyes on those who are despised and crushed; so the pagans may know that you are our God. (2 Maccabees 1, 27)
As for the other nations, the patient Lord doesn't punish them until they reach the full measure of their sins. But he deals with us in a different manner: (2 Maccabees 6, 14)
