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2 Maccabees 9:15-17
New Catholic Bible
2 Maccabees 9:15-17
New Catholic Bible
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] 16 that the holy temple that he had previously plundered, he would now adorn with the finest offerings, replace all the sacred vessels many times over, and provide from his own revenues the expenses incurred for the sacrifices. 17 In addition to all this, he would become a Jew himself and would visit every inhabited place to proclaim the glory of God.
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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.
