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2 Maccabees 1:9-11
Good News Translation
2 Maccabees 1:9-11
Good News Translation
9 This is why we urge you to celebrate in the month of Kislev a festival similar to the Festival of Shelters. Written in the year 188.[a]
A LETTER TO ARISTOBULUS
The Death of King Antiochus
10 From the Jews of Jerusalem and Judea, the Jewish Senate, and Judas, to Aristobulus, a descendant of priests and the teacher of King Ptolemy, and to the Jews in Egypt, greetings and good health.
11 We thank God because he saved us from great danger. We were like men ready to fight against a king,
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- 2 Maccabees 1:9 the year 188: This corresponds to 124 B.C.
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