2 Maccabees 15:5
“Then said the other, And I also am mightie vpon earth, & I cōmand to take armes, and to do the kings busines: yet he obteined not to haue his wicked wil done.”
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2 Maccabees 15:5 Context
3Then this most vngracious wretch demanded, if there were a mightie one in heauen that had commanded the Sabbath day to be kept. 4And when they said, There is in heauen a liuing Lord, and mightie, who commanded the seuenth day to be kept, 5Then said the other, And I also am mightie vpon earth, & I cōmand to take armes, and to do the kings busines: yet he obteined not to haue his wicked wil done. 6So Nicanor in exceeding pride and haughtinesse, determined to set vp a publike moument of his victorie ouer Iudas, and them that were with him. 7But Maccabeus had euer sure confidence that the Lord would helpe him.
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Then said the other, And I also am mighty upon earth, and I command to take arms, and to do the king's business. Yet he obtained not to have his wicked will done.
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