2 Maccabees 5:7-9
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7 He did not, however, gain control of the government; in the end, he got only disgrace from his conspiracy and fled again into the country of the Ammonites.(A) 8 Finally, he met a miserable end. Accused[a] before Aretas the ruler of the Arabs, fleeing from city to city, pursued by everyone, hated as a rebel against the laws, and abhorred as the executioner of his country and his compatriots, he was cast ashore in Egypt.(B) 9 There he who had driven many from their own country into exile died in exile, having embarked to go to the Spartans[b] in hope of finding protection because of their kinship.(C)
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