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For he had entered the city called Persepolis, and went about to rob the temple, and to hold the city; whereupon the multitude running to defend themselves with their weapons put them to flight; and so it happened, that Antiochus being put to flight of the inhabitants returned with shame. (2 Maccabees 9, 2)
And thus he that a little afore thought he might command the waves of the sea, (so proud was he beyond the condition of man) and weigh the high mountains in a balance, was now cast on the ground, and carried in an horselitter, shewing forth unto all the manifest power of God. (2 Maccabees 9, 8)
Here therefore, being plagued, he began to leave off his great pride, and to come to the knowledge of himself by the scourge of God, his pain increasing every moment. (2 Maccabees 9, 11)
And when he himself could not abide his own smell, he said these words, It is meet to be subject unto God, and that a man that is mortal should not proudly think of himself if he were God. (2 Maccabees 9, 12)
And the holy temple, which before he had spoiled, he would garnish with goodly gifts, and restore all the holy vessels with many more, and out of his own revenue defray the charges belonging to the sacrifices: (2 Maccabees 9, 16)
Yea, and that also he would become a Jew himself, and go through all the world that was inhabited, and declare the power of God. (2 Maccabees 9, 17)
When that was done, they fell flat down, and besought the Lord that they might come no more into such troubles; but if they sinned any more against him, that he himself would chasten them with mercy, and that they might not be delivered unto the blasphemous and barbarous nations. (2 Maccabees 10, 4)
Whereupon being accused of the king's friends before Eupator, and called traitor at every word because he had left Cyprus, that Philometor had committed unto him, and departed to Antiochus Epiphanes, and seeing that he was in no honourable place, he was so discouraged, that he poisoned himself and died. (2 Maccabees 10, 13)
Maccabeus left Simon and Joseph, and Zaccheus also, and them that were with him, who were enough to besiege them, and departed himself unto those places which more needed his help. (2 Maccabees 10, 19)
But when he drew near, they that were with Maccabeus turned themselves to pray unto God, and sprinkled earth upon their heads, and girded their loins with sackcloth, (2 Maccabees 10, 25)
So after the prayer they took their weapons, and went on further from the city: and when they drew near to their enemies, they kept by themselves. (2 Maccabees 10, 27)
As for Timotheus himself, he fled into a very strong hold, called Gawra, where Chereas was governor. (2 Maccabees 10, 32)
