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Yet he did not in any way stop his insolence, but was even more filled with arrogance, breathing fire in his rage against the Jews, and giving orders to hasten the journey. And so it came about that he fell out of his chariot as it was rushing along, and the fall was so hard as to torture every limb of his body. (2 Maccabees 9, 7)
Then it was that, broken in spirit, he began to lose much of his arrogance and to come to his senses under the scourge of God, for he was tortured with pain every moment. (2 Maccabees 9, 11)
and the holy sanctuary, which he had formerly plundered, he would adorn with the finest offerings; and the holy vessels he would give back, all of them, many times over; and the expenses incurred for the sacrifices he would provide from his own revenues; (2 Maccabees 9, 16)
and in addition to all this he also would become a Jew and would visit every inhabited place to proclaim the power of God. (2 Maccabees 9, 17)
I do not despair of my condition, for I have good hope of recovering from my illness, (2 Maccabees 9, 22)
so that, if anything unexpected happened or any unwelcome news came, the people throughout the realm would not be troubled, for they would know to whom the government was left. (2 Maccabees 9, 24)
Moreover, I understand how the princes along the borders and the neighbors to my kingdom keep watching for opportunities and waiting to see what will happen. So I have appointed my son Antiochus to be king, whom I have often entrusted and commended to most of you when I hastened off to the upper provinces; and I have written to him what is written here. (2 Maccabees 9, 25)
Now Maccabeus and his followers, the Lord leading them on, recovered the temple and the city; (2 Maccabees 10, 1)
And when they had done this, they fell prostrate and besought the Lord that they might never again fall into such misfortunes, but that, if they should ever sin, they might be disciplined by him with forbearance and not be handed over to blasphemous and barbarous nations. (2 Maccabees 10, 4)
They decreed by public ordinance and vote that the whole nation of the Jews should observe these days every year. (2 Maccabees 10, 8)
This man, when he succeeded to the kingdom, appointed one Lysias to have charge of the government and to be chief governor of Coelesyria and Phoenicia. (2 Maccabees 10, 11)
As a result he was accused before Eupator by the king's friends. He heard himself called a traitor at every turn, because he had abandoned Cyprus, which Philometor had entrusted to him, and had gone over to Antiochus Epiphanes. Unable to command the respect due his office, he took poison and ended his life. (2 Maccabees 10, 13)
