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he stretched out his right hand toward the sanctuary, and swore this oath: "If you do not hand Judas over to me as a prisoner, I will level this precinct of God to the ground and tear down the altar, and I will build here a splendid temple to Dionysus." (2 Maccabees 14, 33)
Having said this, he went away. Then the priests stretched forth their hands toward heaven and called upon the constant Defender of our nation, in these words: (2 Maccabees 14, 34)
And he called upon him in these words: "O Lord, thou didst send thy angel in the time of Hezekiah king of Judea, and he slew fully a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of Sennacherib. (2 Maccabees 15, 22)
So now, O Sovereign of the heavens, send a good angel to carry terror and trembling before us. (2 Maccabees 15, 23)
By the might of thy arm may these blasphemers who come against thy holy people be struck down." With these words he ended his prayer. (2 Maccabees 15, 24)
And the man who was ever in body and soul the defender of his fellow citizens, the man who maintained his youthful good will toward his countrymen, ordered them to cut off Nicanor's head and arm and carry them to Jerusalem. (2 Maccabees 15, 30)
This, then, is how matters turned out with Nicanor. And from that time the city has been in the possession of the Hebrews. So I too will here end my story. (2 Maccabees 15, 37)
For just as it is harmful to drink wine alone, or, again, to drink water alone, while wine mixed with water is sweet and delicious and enhances one's enjoyment, so also the style of the story delights the ears of those who read the work. And here will be the end. (2 Maccabees 15, 39)
for they are a fair garland for your head, and pendants for your neck. (Proverbs 1, 9)
Do not contend with a man for no reason, when he has done you no harm. (Proverbs 3, 30)
When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother, (Proverbs 4, 3)
but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. (Proverbs 5, 4)
