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2 Maccabees 9:13-15
New Catholic Bible
2 Maccabees 9:13-15
New Catholic Bible
13 Then this vile wretch made a vow to the Lord, who would no longer have mercy on him, 14 that he would publicly declare to be free the holy city toward which he had been hurrying to level it to the ground and transform it into a mass graveyard; 15 that the Jews, whom he had not deemed to be worthy of burial but fit only to be thrown out with their children and eaten by wild animals and birds, would all be granted equality with the citizens of Athens;[a]
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- 2 Maccabees 9:15 Antiochus IV had lived for some time at Athens and had received a most favorable impression of it. Desiring to grant the Jews equality with the citizens of Athens implies wishing to make Jerusalem a “free city” and giving to all Jews the right to govern themselves with their own laws.
