Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation You alone are holy, and your Temple has only recently been purified, so now protect its holiness forever." New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Therefore now, O Lord, the holy of all holies, keep this house for ever undefiled, which was lately cleansed. 2 Maccabees 14:34And when he had spoken thus, he departed. But the priests stretching forth their hands to heaven, called upon him that was ever the defender of their nation, saying in this manner: 2 Maccabees 14:35 Thou, O Lord of all things, who wantest nothing, wast pleased that the temple of thy habitation should be amongst us. 2 Maccabees 14:37 Now Razias, one of the ancients of Jerusalem, was accused to Nicanor, a man that was a lover of the city, and of good report, who for his kindness was called the father of the Jews. 2 Maccabees 14:38 This man, for a long time, had held fast his purpose of keeping himself pure in the Jews' religion, and was ready to expose his body and life, that he might persevere therein. Context 2 Maccabees 14…35Thou, O Lord of all things, who wantest nothing, wast pleased that the temple of thy habitation should be amongst us. 36Therefore now, O Lord, the holy of all holies, keep this house for ever undefiled, which was lately cleansed. 37Now Razias, one of the ancients of Jerusalem, was accused to Nicanor, a man that was a lover of the city, and of good report, who for his kindness was called the father of the Jews.… Cross References 2 Maccabees 14:34 And when he had spoken thus, he departed. But the priests stretching forth their hands to heaven, called upon him that was ever the defender of their nation, saying in this manner: 2 Maccabees 14:35 Thou, O Lord of all things, who wantest nothing, wast pleased that the temple of thy habitation should be amongst us. 2 Maccabees 14:37 Now Razias, one of the ancients of Jerusalem, was accused to Nicanor, a man that was a lover of the city, and of good report, who for his kindness was called the father of the Jews. 2 Maccabees 14:38 This man, for a long time, had held fast his purpose of keeping himself pure in the Jews' religion, and was ready to expose his body and life, that he might persevere therein. |
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