2 Maccabees 14:7
“Therfore I being depriued of mine ancestors honor (I meane the hie Priesthood) am now come hither.”
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2 Maccabees 14:7 Context
5Howbeit hauing gotten opportunity to further his foolish enterprise, [and] being called into counsel by Demetrius, & asked how the Iewes stood affected, and what they intēded, he answered therunto; 6Those of the Iewes that bee called Asideans (whose captaine is Iudas Maccabeus) nourish warre, and are seditious; and will not let the realme be in peace. 7Therfore I being depriued of mine ancestors honor (I meane the hie Priesthood) am now come hither. 8First verily for the vnfained care I haue of things pertaining to the king, and secondly, euen for that I intend the good of mine owne countrey men: for all our nation is in no small misery, through the vnaduised dealing of them aforesaid. 9Wherefore, O king, seeing thou knowest all these things, bee carefull for the countrey, and our nation, which is pressed on euery side, according to the clemency that thou readily shewest vnto all.
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Therefore I, being deprived of mine ancestors' honour, I mean the high priesthood, am now come hither:
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