1 Maccabees 6:9
Good News Translation
He remained ill for a long time, as waves of despair swept over him, until he finally realized that he was going to die.

New Revised Standard Version
He lay there for many days, because deep disappointment continually gripped him, and he realized that he was dying.

Contemporary English Version
for many days. He never got over the shock, and just before he died,

New American Bible
There he remained many days, assailed by waves of grief, for he thought he was going to die.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he remained there many days: for great grief came more and more upon him, and he made account that he should die.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he remained there many days: for great grief came more and more upon him, and he made account that he should die.

1 Maccabees 6:7
And that they had thrown down the abomination which he had set up upon the altar in Jerusalem, and that they had compassed about the sanctuary with high walls as before, and Bethsura also, his city.

1 Maccabees 6:8
And it came to pass, when the king heard these words, that he was struck with fear, and exceedingly moved: and he laid himself down upon his bed, and fell sick for grief, because it had not fallen out to him as he imagined.

1 Maccabees 6:10
And he called for all his friends, and said to them: Sleep is gone from my eyes, and I am fallen away, and my heart is cast down for anxiety:

1 Maccabees 6:11
And I said in my heart: Into how much tribulation am I come, and into what floods of sorrow wherein now I am: I that was pleasant and beloved in my power!

Context
1 Maccabees 6
8And it came to pass, when the king heard these words, that he was struck with fear, and exceedingly moved: and he laid himself down upon his bed, and fell sick for grief, because it had not fallen out to him as he imagined. 9And he remained there many days: for great grief came more and more upon him, and he made account that he should die. 10And he called for all his friends, and said to them: Sleep is gone from my eyes, and I am fallen away, and my heart is cast down for anxiety:…
Cross References
1 Maccabees 6:7
And that they had thrown down the abomination which he had set up upon the altar in Jerusalem, and that they had compassed about the sanctuary with high walls as before, and Bethsura also, his city.

1 Maccabees 6:8
And it came to pass, when the king heard these words, that he was struck with fear, and exceedingly moved: and he laid himself down upon his bed, and fell sick for grief, because it had not fallen out to him as he imagined.

1 Maccabees 6:10
And he called for all his friends, and said to them: Sleep is gone from my eyes, and I am fallen away, and my heart is cast down for anxiety:

1 Maccabees 6:11
And I said in my heart: Into how much tribulation am I come, and into what floods of sorrow wherein now I am: I that was pleasant and beloved in my power!



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1 Maccabees 6:8
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