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2 Maccabees 8:34-36
Common English Bible
2 Maccabees 8:34-36
Common English Bible
34 But the utterly corrupt Nicanor, who had invited one thousand merchants for the sale of the Jews, 35 was humiliated with the Lord’s help by those he despised the most. He stripped off his stately uniform and traveled into Antioch by the inland road like a lone fugitive, having succeeded only in destroying his own army. 36 The one who accepted the mission to collect the tribute for the Romans from the Jerusalem prisoners of war announced publicly that the Jews had a defender and that, as a result, the Jews couldn’t be defeated because they followed God’s ordained laws.
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