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But yield the boy would not; till at last the king beckoned the mother apart; mother of son should be the saviour yet. (2 Maccabees 7, 25)
Before ever she had finished speaking, the boy cried out, What dallying is this? To the king’s law I own no allegiance; rule I live by is the law we had through Moses. (2 Maccabees 7, 30)
No wonder if this last, that so baffled the king’s rage, was more barbarously used than all the others; (2 Maccabees 7, 39)
What was to be done? Here was a man that grew ever in strength, and still his enterprises throve. At last Philip was fain to send dispatches, calling on Ptolemy, the governor of Coelesyria and Phoenice, to further the king’s business. (2 Maccabees 8, 8)
Nicanor’s purpose it was, to sell the Jewish people for slaves, and thereby reimburse the king for a tribute of two thousand talents he must needs pay to Rome. (2 Maccabees 8, 10)
To his loyal Jewish subjects Antiochus, their king and general, sends greeting, health, and happiness! (2 Maccabees 9, 19)
Upon his accession, this king entrusted all the business of the realm to one Lysias, commander of the forces in Phoenice and Coelesyria. (2 Maccabees 10, 11)
offering to conclude honourable terms with them, and secure them the king’s friendship. (2 Maccabees 11, 14)
All that needed to be known, I have made clear to the king’s grace, and he has granted what grant he could. (2 Maccabees 11, 18)
Doubt not I will be a good suitor in your cause hereafter, so you abide loyal to the king’s interest. (2 Maccabees 11, 19)
And of the king’s own letter, the tenour was this: King Antiochus, to his good cousin Lysias, all health! (2 Maccabees 11, 22)
To the Jews themselves the king wrote as follows: King Antiochus, to the elders and people of the Jews, all health! (2 Maccabees 11, 27)
