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2 Maccabees 9:27-29
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Maccabees 9:27-29
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
27 For I am sure that he will follow my policy and will treat you with moderation and kindness.”
28 So the murderer and blasphemer, having endured the more intense suffering such as he had inflicted on others, came to the end of his life by a most pitiable fate, among the mountains in a strange land.(A) 29 And Philip, one of his courtiers, took his body home; then, fearing the son of Antiochus, he withdrew to Ptolemy Philometor in Egypt.(B)
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