OLD TESTAMENT

2 Maccabees 11:23

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Seeing that our father passed to the gods having the wish that the subjects of his kingdom should be undisturbed and give themselves to the care of their own affairs,

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Verse 23. Gods. This impious custom began in the East, and was abolished by Christianity. Calmet.—Epiphanes had affected to be a god, but at last saw his folly. Calmet. 9. Bible.

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Or, should not be disquieted but

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