15 Concerning the Jews, whom he had decided not even to count worthy of burial, but to cast them out to the animals with their infants for the birds to devour, he would make them all equal to citizens of Athens. (WEB) 16 The holy sanctuary, which before he had plundered, he would adorn with the best offerings, and would restore all the sacred vessels many times multiplied, and out of his own revenues would defray the charges that were required for the sacrifices. (WEB) 17 Beside all this, he said that he would become a Jew and would visit every inhabited place, proclaiming the power of God. (WEB)
2 Maccabees 9:15–17
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