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and of the battle by them, which was against the Galatians in Babylonia, how, when the event had arrived and the allies of the Macedonians hesitated, though they were only six thousand in all, yet they slew one hundred and twenty thousand, because of the help provided to them from heaven; and how, for the sake of these things, very many benefits followed. (2 Maccabees 8, 20)
In fact, they took away the money from those who came to buy them, and they pursued them everywhere. (2 Maccabees 8, 25)
And, among those who were fighting against them with Timothy and Bacchides, they slew more than twenty thousand, and they obtained the high fortresses, and they divided many spoils, making equal portions for the disabled, the fatherless, and the widows, and even the aged. (2 Maccabees 8, 30)
And he, being filled with arrogance beyond human means, seemed to himself to command even the waves of the sea and to weigh even the heights of the mountains in a balance. But now, humbled to the ground, he was carried on a stretcher, calling himself as a witness to the manifest virtue of God. (2 Maccabees 9, 8)
And so, from then on, being led away from his heavy arrogance by the admonishment of a divine plague, he began to come to an understanding of himself, with his pains increasing through every moment. (2 Maccabees 9, 11)
And, when he could not even bear his own stench, he spoke in this way: “It is just to be subject to God, and a mortal should not consider himself equal to God.” (2 Maccabees 9, 12)
And the Jews, whom he had said he certainly did not consider worthy even to be buried, but would deliver them to be torn apart by birds and wild beasts, and would exterminate them with their little ones, he now promised to make equal with the Athenians. (2 Maccabees 9, 15)
And even the holy temple, which before he had plundered, he would adorn with the best gifts, and increase the holy vessels, and pay out from his revenues the charges pertaining to the sacrifices. (2 Maccabees 9, 16)
Beyond these things, he would even become a Jew himself, and would travel through every place on earth and declare the power of God. (2 Maccabees 9, 17)
If you and your sons are faring well, and if everything is according to your will, we give very great thanks. (2 Maccabees 9, 20)
Moreover, considering that my father also, during the time that he led an army into the upper regions, revealed who would take up the leadership after him, (2 Maccabees 9, 23)
In addition to these things, considering that whichever are the nearest powers and neighbors lie in ambush for the right time and await the right event, I have designated my son, Antiochus, as king, whom I frequently commended to many of you while traveling in the upper provinces. And I have written to him what I have added below. (2 Maccabees 9, 25)
