OLD TESTAMENT

2 Maccabees 14:29

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but because there was no opposing the king, he watched his time to execute this purpose by strategy.

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Verse 29. The king. Nicanor was a worldly politician, like Pilate and other judges who have no zeal for religion, ( Worthington.) or for justice, being disposed to sacrifice all to their own interest. Bible.

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