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this man who but a moment before had made his way into the Treasury, as we said above, with a great retinue and his whole bodyguard; and as they carried him away, powerless to help himself, they openly acknowledged the sovereign power of God. (2 Maccabees 3, 28)
As for you, who have been scourged by Heaven, you must proclaim to everyone the grandeur of God's power.' So saying, they vanished. (2 Maccabees 3, 34)
'If you have some enemy or anyone disloyal to the state, send him there, and you will get him back well flogged, if he survives at all, since some peculiarly divine power attaches to the holy place. (2 Maccabees 3, 38)
When the king gave his assent, Jason, as soon as he had seized power, imposed the Greek way of life on his fellow-countrymen. (2 Maccabees 4, 10)
while, as a result of the greed of the powerful, Menelaus remained in power, growing more wicked than ever and establishing himself as the chief enemy of his fellow-citizens. (2 Maccabees 4, 50)
Even so, he did not manage to seize power; and, in the end, his machinations brought him nothing but shame, and he took refuge once more in Ammanitis. (2 Maccabees 5, 7)
But he looked at the king and said, 'You have power over human beings, mortal as you are, and can act as you please. But do not think that our race has been deserted by God. (2 Maccabees 7, 16)
Only wait, and you will see in your turn how his mighty power will torment you and your descendants.' (2 Maccabees 7, 17)
But the all-seeing Lord, the God of Israel, struck him with an incurable and unseen complaint. The words were hardly out of his mouth when he was seized with an incurable pain in his bowels and with excruciating internal torture; (2 Maccabees 9, 5)
He who only a little while before had thought in his superhuman boastfulness he could command the waves of the sea, he who had imagined he could weigh mountain peaks in a balance, found himself flat on the ground and then being carried in a litter, a visible demonstration to all of the power of God, (2 Maccabees 9, 8)
and, to crown all, he would himself turn Jew and visit every inhabited place, proclaiming the power of God. (2 Maccabees 9, 17)
When all this was over, with hymns and thanksgiving they blessed the Lord, who had shown such great kindness to Israel and given them the victory. (2 Maccabees 10, 38)
