INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M18_19","052_8_19","1MA","8","19","19","Then they went to Rome, a very long journey, and they entered into the senate house, and said, ");
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INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M18_21","052_8_21","1MA","8","21","21","This thing was pleasing to them. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M18_22","052_8_22","1MA","8","22","22","This is the copy of the writing which they wrote back again on tables of brass, and sent to Jerusalem, that it might be with them there for a memorial of peace and alliance: ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M18_23","052_8_23","1MA","8","23","23","“Good success be to the Romans, and to the nation of the Jews, by sea and by land forever. May the sword and the enemy be far from them. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M18_24","052_8_24","1MA","8","24","24","But if war arises for Rome first, or any of their allies in all their dominion, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M18_25","052_8_25","1MA","8","25","25","the nation of the Jews shall help them as allies, as the occasion shall indicate to them, with all their heart. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M18_26","052_8_26","1MA","8","26","26","To those who make war upon them, they shall not give supplies, food, weapons, money, or ships, as it has seemed good to Rome, and they shall keep their ordinances without taking anything in return. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M18_27","052_8_27","1MA","8","27","27","In the same way, moreover, if war comes first upon the nation of the Jews, the Romans shall willingly help them as allies, as the occasion shall indicate to them; ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M18_28","052_8_28","1MA","8","28","28","and to those who are fighting with them, there shall not be given food, weapons, money, or ships, as it has seemed good to Rome. They shall keep these ordinances, and that without deceit. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M18_29","052_8_29","1MA","8","29","29","According to these terms, the Romans made a treaty with the Jewish people. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M18_30","052_8_30","1MA","8","30","30","But if hereafter the one party and the other shall determine to add or diminish anything, they shall do it at their pleasure, and whatever they add or take away shall be ratified. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M18_31","052_8_31","1MA","8","31","31","Concerning the evils which King Demetrius is doing to them, we have written to him, saying, ‘Why have you made your yoke heavy on our friends and allies the Jews? ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M18_32","052_8_32","1MA","8","32","32","If therefore they plead any more against you, we will do them justice, and fight with you on sea and on land.’” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_1","052_9_1","1MA","9","1","1","Demetrius heard that Nicanor had fallen with his forces in battle, and he sent Bacchides and Alcimus again into the land of Judah a second time, and the right wing of his army with them. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_2","052_9_2","1MA","9","2","2","They went by the way that leads to Gilgal, and encamped against Mesaloth, which is in Arbela, and took possession of it, and killed many people. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_3","052_9_3","1MA","9","3","3","The first month of the one hundred fifty-second year, they encamped against Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_4","052_9_4","1MA","9","4","4","Then they marched away and went to Berea with twenty thousand infantry and two thousand cavalry. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_5","052_9_5","1MA","9","5","5","Judas was encamped at Elasa with three thousand chosen men. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_6","052_9_6","1MA","9","6","6","They saw the multitude of the forces, that they were many, and they were terrified. Many slipped away out of the army. There were not left of them more than eight hundred men. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_7","052_9_7","1MA","9","7","7","Judas saw that his army slipped away and that the battle pressed upon him, and he was very troubled in spirit, because he had no time to gather them together, and he became faint. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_8","052_9_8","1MA","9","8","8","He said to those who were left, “Let’s arise and go up against our adversaries, if perhaps we may be able to fight with them.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_9","052_9_9","1MA","9","9","9","They tried to dissuade him, saying, “There is no way we are able; but let’s rather save our lives now. Let’s return again with our kindred, and fight against them; but we are too few.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_10","052_9_10","1MA","9","10","10","Judas said, “Let it not be so that I should do this thing, to flee from them. If our time has come, let’s die in a manly way for our kindred’s sake, and not leave a cause of reproach against our honor.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_11","052_9_11","1MA","9","11","11","The army marched out from the camp, and stood to encounter them. The cavalry was divided into two companies, and the slingers and the archers went before the army, and all the mighty men that fought in the front of the battle. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_12","052_9_12","1MA","9","12","12","Bacchides was in the right wing. The phalanx advanced on the two parts, and they blew with their trumpets. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_13","052_9_13","1MA","9","13","13","The men by Judas’ side sounded with their trumpets, and the earth shook with the shout of the armies, and the battle was joined, and continued from morning until evening. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_14","052_9_14","1MA","9","14","14","Judas saw that Bacchides and the strength of his army were on the right side, and all that were brave in heart went with him, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_15","052_9_15","1MA","9","15","15","and the right wing was defeated by them, and he pursued after them to the mount Azotus. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_16","052_9_16","1MA","9","16","16","Those who were on the left wing saw that the right wing was defeated, and they turned and followed in the footsteps of Judas and of those who were with him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_17","052_9_17","1MA","9","17","17","The battle became desparate, and many on both sides fell wounded to death. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_18","052_9_18","1MA","9","18","18","Judas fell, and the rest fled. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_19","052_9_19","1MA","9","19","19","Jonathan and Simon took Judas their brother, and buried him in the tomb of his ancestors at Modin. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_20","052_9_20","1MA","9","20","20","They wept for him. All Israel made great lamentation for him, and mourned many days, and said, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_21","052_9_21","1MA","9","21","21","“How is the mighty fallen, the savior of Israel!” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_22","052_9_22","1MA","9","22","22","The rest of the acts of Judas, and his wars, and the valiant deeds which he did, and his greatness, are not written; for they were exceedingly many. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_23","052_9_23","1MA","9","23","23","It came to pass after the death of Judas, that the lawless emerged within all the borders of Israel. All those who did iniquity rose up. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_24","052_9_24","1MA","9","24","24","In those days there was an exceedingly great famine, and the country went over to their side. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_25","052_9_25","1MA","9","25","25","Bacchides chose the ungodly men and made them rulers of the country. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_26","052_9_26","1MA","9","26","26","They inquired and searched for the friends of Judas, and brought them to Bacchides, and he took vengeance on them and used them despitefully. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_27","052_9_27","1MA","9","27","27","There was great suffering in Israel, such as was not since the time prophets stopped appearing to them. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_28","052_9_28","1MA","9","28","28","All the friends of Judas were gathered together, and they said to Jonathan, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_29","052_9_29","1MA","9","29","29","“Since your brother Judas has died, we have no man like him to go out against our enemies and Bacchides, and among those of our nation who hate us. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_30","052_9_30","1MA","9","30","30","Now therefore we have chosen you this day to be our prince and leader in his place, that you may fight our battles.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_31","052_9_31","1MA","9","31","31","So Jonathan took the governance upon him at that time, and rose up in the place of his brother Judas. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_32","052_9_32","1MA","9","32","32","When Bacchides found out, he tried to kill him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_33","052_9_33","1MA","9","33","33","Jonathan, and Simon his brother, and all who were with him, knew it; and they fled into the wilderness of Tekoah, and encamped by the water of the pool of Asphar. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_34","052_9_34","1MA","9","34","34","Bacchides found this out on the Sabbath day, and came—he and all his army—over the Jordan. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_35","052_9_35","1MA","9","35","35","Jonathan sent his brother, a leader of the multitude, and implored his friends the Nabathaeans, that they might store their baggage, which was much, with them. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_36","052_9_36","1MA","9","36","36","The children of Jambri came out of Medaba, and seized John and all that he had, and went their way with it. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_37","052_9_37","1MA","9","37","37","But after these things, they brought word to Jonathan and Simon his brother that the children of Jambri were celebrating a great wedding, and were bringing the bride, a daughter of one of the great nobles of Canaan, from Nadabath with a large escort. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_38","052_9_38","1MA","9","38","38","They remembered John their brother, and went up, and hid themselves under the cover of the mountain. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_39","052_9_39","1MA","9","39","39","They lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a great procession with much baggage. The bridegroom came out with his friends and his kindred to meet them with timbrels, musicians, and many weapons. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_40","052_9_40","1MA","9","40","40","They rose up against them from their ambush and killed them, and many fell wounded to death. The remnant fled into the mountain, and the Jews took all their spoils. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_41","052_9_41","1MA","9","41","41","So the wedding was turned into mourning, and the voice of their musicians into lamentation. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_42","052_9_42","1MA","9","42","42","They avenged fully the blood of their brother, and turned back to the marshes of the Jordan. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_43","052_9_43","1MA","9","43","43","Bacchides heard it, and he came on the Sabbath day to the banks of Jordan with a great army. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_44","052_9_44","1MA","9","44","44","Jonathan said to his company, “Let’s stand up now and fight for our lives, for things are different today than they were yesterday and the day before. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_45","052_9_45","1MA","9","45","45","For, behold, the battle is before us and behind us. Moreover the water of the Jordan is on this side and on that side, and marsh and thicket. There is no place to escape. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_46","052_9_46","1MA","9","46","46","Now therefore cry to heaven, that you may be delivered out of the hand of your enemies.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_47","052_9_47","1MA","9","47","47","So the battle was joined, and Jonathan stretched out his hand to strike Bacchides, and he turned away back from him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_48","052_9_48","1MA","9","48","48","Jonathan and those who were with him leapt into the Jordan, and swam over to the other side. The enemy didn’t pass over the Jordan against them. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_49","052_9_49","1MA","9","49","49","About a thousand men of Bacchides’ company fell that day; ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_50","052_9_50","1MA","9","50","50","and he returned to Jerusalem. They built strong cities in Judea, the stronghold that was in Jericho, and Emmaus, Bethhoron, Bethel, Timnath, Pharathon, and Tephon, with high walls and gates and bars. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_51","052_9_51","1MA","9","51","51","He set garrisons in them to harass Israel. ");
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INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_53","052_9_53","1MA","9","53","53","He took the sons of the chief men of the country for hostages, and put them under guard in the citadel at Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_54","052_9_54","1MA","9","54","54","And in the one hundred fifty-third year, in the second month, Alcimus gave orders to pull down the wall of the inner court of the sanctuary. He also pulled down the works of the prophets. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_55","052_9_55","1MA","9","55","55","He began to pull down. At that time was Alcimus stricken, and his works were hindered; and his mouth was stopped, and he was taken with a palsy, and he could no more speak anything and give orders concerning his house. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_56","052_9_56","1MA","9","56","56","Alcimus died at that time with great torment. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_57","052_9_57","1MA","9","57","57","Bacchides saw that Alcimus was dead, and he returned to the king. Then the land of Judah had rest for two years. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_58","052_9_58","1MA","9","58","58","Then all the lawless men took counsel, saying, “Behold, Jonathan and his men are dwelling at ease and in security. Now therefore we will bring Bacchides, and he will capture them all in one night. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_59","052_9_59","1MA","9","59","59","They went and consulted with him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_60","052_9_60","1MA","9","60","60","He marched out and came with a great army, and sent letters secretly to all his allies who were in Judea, that they should seize Jonathan and those who were with him; but they couldn’t, because their plan was known to them. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_61","052_9_61","1MA","9","61","61","Jonathan’s men seized about fifty of the men of the country who were authors of the wickedness, and he killed them. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_62","052_9_62","1MA","9","62","62","Jonathan, Simon, and those who were with him, went away to Bethbasi, which is in the wilderness, and he built up that which had been pulled down, and they made it strong. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_63","052_9_63","1MA","9","63","63","Bacchides found out about it, and he gathered together all his multitude, and sent orders to those who were of Judea. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_64","052_9_64","1MA","9","64","64","He went and encamped against Bethbasi and fought against it many days, and made engines of war. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_65","052_9_65","1MA","9","65","65","Jonathan left his brother Simon in the city, and went out into the country, and he went with a few men. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_66","052_9_66","1MA","9","66","66","He struck Odomera and his kindred, and the children of Phasiron in their tents. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_67","052_9_67","1MA","9","67","67","They began to strike them, and to go up with their forces. Then Simon and those who were with him went out of the city, and set the engines of war on fire, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_68","052_9_68","1MA","9","68","68","and fought against Bacchides, and he was defeated by them. They afflicted him severely; for his counsel and expedition was in vain. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_69","052_9_69","1MA","9","69","69","They were very angry with the lawless men who gave him counsel to come into the country, and they killed many of them. Then he decided to depart into his own land. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_70","052_9_70","1MA","9","70","70","Jonathan learned of this and sent ambassadors to him, to the end that they should make peace with him, and that he should restore to them the captives. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_71","052_9_71","1MA","9","71","71","He accepted the thing, and did according to his words, and swore to him that he would not seek his harm all the days of his life. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_72","052_9_72","1MA","9","72","72","He restored to him the captives which he had taken before out of the land of Judah, and he returned and departed into his own land, and didn’t come any more into their borders. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M19_73","052_9_73","1MA","9","73","73","Thus the sword ceased from Israel. Jonathan lived at Michmash. Jonathan began to judge the people; and he destroyed the ungodly out of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_1","052_10_1","1MA","10","1","1","In the one hundred sixtieth year, Alexander Epiphanes, the son of Antiochus, went up and took possession of Ptolemais. They received him, and he reigned there. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_2","052_10_2","1MA","10","2","2","King Demetrius heard about this, and he gathered together exceedingly great forces, and went out to meet him in battle. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_3","052_10_3","1MA","10","3","3","Demetrius sent a letter to Jonathan with words of peace, so as to honor him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_4","052_10_4","1MA","10","4","4","For he said, “Let’s go beforehand to make peace with them, before he makes peace with Alexander against us; ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_5","052_10_5","1MA","10","5","5","for he will remember all the evils that we have done against him, and to his kindred and to his nation.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_6","052_10_6","1MA","10","6","6","So he gave him authority to gather together forces, and to provide weapons, and that he should be his ally. He also commanded that they should release the hostages that were in the citadel to him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_7","052_10_7","1MA","10","7","7","Jonathan came to Jerusalem, and read the letter in the hearing of all the people, and of those who were in the citadel. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_8","052_10_8","1MA","10","8","8","They were very afraid when they heard that the king had given him authority to gather together an army. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_9","052_10_9","1MA","10","9","9","Those in the citadel released the hostages to Jonathan, and he restored them to their parents. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_10","052_10_10","1MA","10","10","10","Jonathan lived in Jerusalem and began to build and renew the city. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_11","052_10_11","1MA","10","11","11","He commanded those who did the work to build the walls and encircle Mount Zion with square stones for defense; and they did so. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_12","052_10_12","1MA","10","12","12","The foreigners who were in the strongholds which Bacchides had built fled away. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_13","052_10_13","1MA","10","13","13","Each man left his place and departed into his own land. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_14","052_10_14","1MA","10","14","14","Only at Bethsura, there were left some of those who had forsaken the law and the commandments, for it was a place of refuge to them. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_15","052_10_15","1MA","10","15","15","King Alexander heard all the promises which Demetrius had sent to Jonathan. They told him of the battles and the valiant deeds which he and his kindred had done, and of the troubles which they had endured. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_16","052_10_16","1MA","10","16","16","So he said, “Could we find another man like him? Now we will make him our friend and ally.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_17","052_10_17","1MA","10","17","17","He wrote a letter and sent it to him, in these words, saying, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_18","052_10_18","1MA","10","18","18","“King Alexander to his brother Jonathan, greetings. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_19","052_10_19","1MA","10","19","19","We have heard of you, that you are a mighty man of valour, and worthy to be our friend. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_20","052_10_20","1MA","10","20","20","Now we have appointed you this day to be high priest of your nation, and to be called the king’s friend, and to take our side, and to keep friendship with us.” He also sent to him a purple robe and a golden crown. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_21","052_10_21","1MA","10","21","21","And Jonathan put on the holy garments in the seventh month of the one hundred sixtieth year, at the feast of tabernacles; and he gathered together forces and provided weapons in abundance. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_22","052_10_22","1MA","10","22","22","When Demetrius heard these things, he was grieved and said, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_23","052_10_23","1MA","10","23","23","“What is this that we have done, that Alexander has gotten ahead of us in establishing friendship with the Jews to strengthen himself? ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_24","052_10_24","1MA","10","24","24","I also will write to them words of encouragement and of honor and of gifts, that they may be with me to aid me.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_25","052_10_25","1MA","10","25","25","So he sent to them this message: “King Demetrius to the nation of the Jews, greetings. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_26","052_10_26","1MA","10","26","26","Since as you have kept your covenants with us, and continued in our friendship, and have not joined yourselves to our enemies, we have heard of this, and are glad. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_27","052_10_27","1MA","10","27","27","Now continue still to keep faith with us, and we will repay you with good in return for your dealings with us. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_28","052_10_28","1MA","10","28","28","We will grant you many immunities and give you gifts. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_29","052_10_29","1MA","10","29","29","“Now I free you and release all the Jews from the tributes, from the salt tax, and from the crown levies. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_30","052_10_30","1MA","10","30","30","Instead of the third part of the seed, and instead of half of the fruit of the trees, which falls to me to receive, I release it from this day and henceforth, so that I will not take it from the land of Judah, and from the three districts which are added to it from the country of Samaria and Galilee, from this day forth and for all time. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_31","052_10_31","1MA","10","31","31","Let Jerusalem be holy and free, with her borders, tithes, and taxes. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_32","052_10_32","1MA","10","32","32","I yield up also my authority over the citadel which is at Jerusalem, and give it to the high priest, that he may appoint in it men whom he chooses to keep it. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_33","052_10_33","1MA","10","33","33","Every soul of the Jews who has been carried captive from the land of Judah into any part of my kingdom, I set at liberty without payment. Let all officials also cancel the taxes on their livestock. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_34","052_10_34","1MA","10","34","34","“All the feasts, the Sabbaths, new moons, appointed days, three days before a feast, and three days after a feast, let them all be days of immunity and release for all the Jews who are in my kingdom. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_35","052_10_35","1MA","10","35","35","No man shall have authority to exact anything from any of them, or to trouble them concerning any matter. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_36","052_10_36","1MA","10","36","36","“Let there be enrolled among the king’s forces about thirty thousand men of the Jews, and pay shall be given to them, as is due to all the king’s forces. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_37","052_10_37","1MA","10","37","37","Of them, some shall be placed in the king’s great strongholds, and some of them shall be placed over the affairs of the kingdom, which are positions of trust. Let those who are over them and their rulers be of themselves, and let them walk after their own laws, even as the king has commanded in the land of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_38","052_10_38","1MA","10","38","38","“The three districts that have been added to Judea from the country of Samaria, let them be annexed to Judea, that they may be reckoned to be under one ruler, that they may not obey any other authority than the high priest’s. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_39","052_10_39","1MA","10","39","39","As for Ptolemais and its land, I have given it as a gift to the sanctuary that is at Jerusalem, for the expenses of the sanctuary. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_40","052_10_40","1MA","10","40","40","I also give every year fifteen thousand shekels of silver from the king’s revenues from the places that are appropriate. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_41","052_10_41","1MA","10","41","41","And all the additional funds which those who manage the king’s affairs didn’t pay as in the first years, they shall give from now on toward the works of the temple. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_42","052_10_42","1MA","10","42","42","Besides this, the five thousand shekels of silver which they received from the uses of the sanctuary from the revenue year by year is also released, because it belongs to the priests who minister there. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_43","052_10_43","1MA","10","43","43","Whoever flees to the temple that is at Jerusalem, and within all of its borders, whether one owe money to the king, or any other matter, let them go free, along with all that they have in my kingdom. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_44","052_10_44","1MA","10","44","44","For the building and renewing of the structures of the sanctuary, the expense shall also be given out of the king’s revenue. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_45","052_10_45","1MA","10","45","45","For the building of the walls of Jerusalem and fortifying it all around, the expense shall also be given out of the king’s revenue, also for the building of the walls in Judea.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_46","052_10_46","1MA","10","46","46","Now when Jonathan and the people heard these words, they gave no credence to them, and didn’t accept them, because they remembered the great evil which he had done in Israel, and that he had afflicted them very severely. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_47","052_10_47","1MA","10","47","47","They were well pleased with Alexander, because he was the first who spoke words of peace to them, and they were allies with him always. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_48","052_10_48","1MA","10","48","48","King Alexander gathered together great forces and encamped near Demetrius. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_49","052_10_49","1MA","10","49","49","The two kings joined battle, and the army of Alexander fled; and Demetrius followed after him, and prevailed against them. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_50","052_10_50","1MA","10","50","50","He strengthened the battle exceedingly until the sun went down; and Demetrius fell that day. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_51","052_10_51","1MA","10","51","51","Alexander sent ambassadors to Ptolemy king of Egypt with this message: ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_52","052_10_52","1MA","10","52","52","“Since I have returned to my kingdom, and am seated on the throne of my fathers, and have established my dominion, and have overthrown Demetrius, and have taken possession of our country— ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_53","052_10_53","1MA","10","53","53","yes, I joined the battle with him, and he and his army were defeated by us, and we sat on the throne of his kingdom— ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_54","052_10_54","1MA","10","54","54","now also let’s make friends with one another. Give me now your daughter as my wife. I will be joined with you, and will give both you and her gifts worthy of you.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_55","052_10_55","1MA","10","55","55","Ptolemy the king answered, saying, “Happy is the day you returned to the land of your ancestors and sat on the throne of their kingdom. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_56","052_10_56","1MA","10","56","56","Now I will do to you as you have written, but meet me at Ptolemais, that we may see one another; and I will join with you, even as you have said.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_57","052_10_57","1MA","10","57","57","So Ptolemy went out of Egypt, himself and Cleopatra his daughter, and came to Ptolemais in the one hundred sixty-second year. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_58","052_10_58","1MA","10","58","58","King Alexander met him, and he gave him his daughter Cleopatra, and celebrated her wedding at Ptolemais with great pomp, as kings do. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_59","052_10_59","1MA","10","59","59","King Alexander wrote to Jonathan, that he should come to meet him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_60","052_10_60","1MA","10","60","60","He went with pomp to Ptolemais, and met the two kings. He gave them and their friends silver and gold, and many gifts, and found favor in their sight. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_61","052_10_61","1MA","10","61","61","Some malcontents out of Israel, men who were transgressors of the law, gathered together against him to complain against him; but the king paid no attention to them. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_62","052_10_62","1MA","10","62","62","The king commanded that they take off Jonathan’s garments and clothe him in purple, and they did so. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_63","052_10_63","1MA","10","63","63","The king made him sit with him, and said to his princes, “Go out with him into the midst of the city, and proclaim that no man may complain against him of any matter, and let no man trouble him for any reason.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_64","052_10_64","1MA","10","64","64","It came to pass, when those who complained against him saw his honor according to the proclamation, and saw him clothed in purple, they all fled away. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_65","052_10_65","1MA","10","65","65","The king gave him honor, and enrolled him among his chief friends, and made him a captain and governor of a province. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_66","052_10_66","1MA","10","66","66","Then Jonathan returned to Jerusalem with peace and gladness. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_67","052_10_67","1MA","10","67","67","In the one hundred sixty-fifth year, Demetrius, son of Demetrius, came out of Crete into the land of his ancestors. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_68","052_10_68","1MA","10","68","68","When King Alexander heard of it, he grieved exceedingly and returned to Antioch. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_69","052_10_69","1MA","10","69","69","Demetrius appointed Apollonius, who was over Coelesyria, and he gathered together a great army, and encamped against Jamnia, and sent to Jonathan the high priest, saying, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_70","052_10_70","1MA","10","70","70","“You alone lift up yourself against us, but I am ridiculed and in reproach because of you. Why do you assume authority against us in the mountains? ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_71","052_10_71","1MA","10","71","71","Now therefore, if you trust in your forces, come down to us into the plain, and let’s match strength with each other there; for the power of the cities is with me. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_72","052_10_72","1MA","10","72","72","Ask and learn who I am, and the rest who help us. They say, ‘Your foot can’t stand before our face; for your ancestors have been put to flight twice in their own land.’ ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_73","052_10_73","1MA","10","73","73","Now you won’t be able to withstand the cavalry and such an army as this in the plain, where is there is no stone or pebble, or place to flee.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_74","052_10_74","1MA","10","74","74","Now when Jonathan heard the words of Apollonius, he was moved in his mind, and he chose ten thousand men, and went out from Jerusalem; and Simon his brother met him to help him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_75","052_10_75","1MA","10","75","75","Then he encamped against Joppa. The people of the city shut him out, because Apollonius had a garrison in Joppa. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_76","052_10_76","1MA","10","76","76","So they fought against it. The people of the city were afraid, and opened to him; and Jonathan became master of Joppa. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_77","052_10_77","1MA","10","77","77","Apollonius heard about that, and he gathered an army of three thousand cavalry, and a great army, and went to Azotus as though he were on a journey, and at the same time advanced onward into the plain, because he had a multitude of cavalry which he trusted. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_78","052_10_78","1MA","10","78","78","He pursued him to Azotus, and the armies joined battle. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_79","052_10_79","1MA","10","79","79","Apollonius had secretly left a thousand cavalry behind them. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_80","052_10_80","1MA","10","80","80","Jonathan learned that there was an ambush behind him. They surrounded his army, and shot their arrows at the people, from morning until evening; ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_81","052_10_81","1MA","10","81","81","but the people stood fast, as Jonathan commanded them; and the enemy’s horses grew tired. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_82","052_10_82","1MA","10","82","82","Then Simon brought forward his army and joined battle with the phalanx (for the cavalry were exhausted), and they were defeated by him and fled. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_83","052_10_83","1MA","10","83","83","The cavalry were scattered in the plain. They fled to Azotus and entered into Beth-dagon, their idol’s temple, to save themselves. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_84","052_10_84","1MA","10","84","84","Jonathan burned Azotus and the cities around it and took their spoils. He burned the temple of Dagon and those who fled into it with fire. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_85","052_10_85","1MA","10","85","85","Those who had fallen by the sword plus those who were burned were about eight thousand men. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_86","052_10_86","1MA","10","86","86","From there, Jonathan left and encamped against Ascalon. The people of the city came out to meet him with great pomp. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_87","052_10_87","1MA","10","87","87","Jonathan, with those who were on his side, returned to Jerusalem, having many spoils. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_88","052_10_88","1MA","10","88","88","It came to pass, when King Alexander heard these things, he honored Jonathan even more. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M110_89","052_10_89","1MA","10","89","89","He sent him a gold buckle, as the custom is to give to the king’s kindred. He gave him Ekron and all its land for a possession. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_1","052_11_1","1MA","11","1","1","Then the king of Egypt gathered together great forces, as the sand which is by the sea shore, and many ships, and sought to make himself master of Alexander’s kingdom by deceit, and to add it to his own kingdom. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_2","052_11_2","1MA","11","2","2","He went out into Syria with words of peace, and the people of the cities opened their gates to him and met him; for King Alexander’s command was that they should meet him, because he was his father-in-law. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_3","052_11_3","1MA","11","3","3","Now as he entered into the cities of Ptolemais, he set his forces for a garrison in each city. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_4","052_11_4","1MA","11","4","4","But when he came near to Azotus, they showed him the temple of Dagon burned with fire, and Azotus and its pasture lands destroyed, and the bodies cast out, and those who had been burned, whom he burned in the war, for they had made heaps of them in his way. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_5","052_11_5","1MA","11","5","5","They told the king what Jonathan had done, that they might cast blame on him; but the king kept silent. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_6","052_11_6","1MA","11","6","6","Jonathan met the king with pomp at Joppa, and they greeted one another, and they slept there. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_7","052_11_7","1MA","11","7","7","Jonathan went with the king as far as the river that is called Eleutherus, then returned to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_8","052_11_8","1MA","11","8","8","But King Ptolemy took control of the cities along the sea coast, to Selucia which is by the sea, and he devised evil plans concerning Alexander. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_9","052_11_9","1MA","11","9","9","He sent ambassadors to King Demetrius, saying, “Come! Let’s make a covenant with one another, and I will give you my daughter whom Alexander has, and you shall reign over your father’s kingdom; ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_10","052_11_10","1MA","11","10","10","for I regret that I gave my daughter to him, for he tried to kill me. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_11","052_11_11","1MA","11","11","11","He accused him, because he coveted his kingdom. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_12","052_11_12","1MA","11","12","12","Taking his daughter from him, he gave her to Demetrius, and was estranged from Alexander, and their enmity was openly seen. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_13","052_11_13","1MA","11","13","13","Ptolemy entered into Antioch, and put on himself the crown of Asia. He put two crowns upon his head, the crown of Egypt and that of Asia. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_14","052_11_14","1MA","11","14","14","But King Alexander was in Cilicia at that time, because the people of that region were in revolt. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_15","052_11_15","1MA","11","15","15","When Alexander heard of it, he came against him in war. Ptolemy marched out and met him with a strong force, and put him to flight. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_16","052_11_16","1MA","11","16","16","Alexander fled into Arabia, that he might be sheltered there; but King Ptolemy was triumphant. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_17","052_11_17","1MA","11","17","17","Zabdiel the Arabian took off Alexander’s head, and sent it to Ptolemy. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_18","052_11_18","1MA","11","18","18","King Ptolemy died the third day after, and those who were in his strongholds were slain by the inhabitants of the strongholds. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_19","052_11_19","1MA","11","19","19","Demetrius became king in the one hundred sixty-seventh year. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_20","052_11_20","1MA","11","20","20","In those days Jonathan gathered together the Judeans to take the citadel that was at Jerusalem. He made many engines of war to use against it. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_21","052_11_21","1MA","11","21","21","Some lawless men who hated their own nation went to the king and reported to him that Jonathan was besieging the citadel. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_22","052_11_22","1MA","11","22","22","He heard, and was angry, but when he heard it, he set out immediately, and came to Ptolemais, and wrote to Jonathan, that he should not besiege it, and that he should meet him and speak with him at Ptolemais with all speed. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_23","052_11_23","1MA","11","23","23","But when Jonathan heard this, he gave orders to continue the siege. He chose some of the elders of Israel and of the priests, and put himself in peril ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_24","052_11_24","1MA","11","24","24","by taking silver, gold, clothing, and various other presents, and went to Ptolemais to the king. Then he found favor in his sight. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_25","052_11_25","1MA","11","25","25","Some lawless men of those who were of the nation made complaints against him, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_26","052_11_26","1MA","11","26","26","and the king did to him even as his predecessors had done to him, and exalted him in the sight of all his friends, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_27","052_11_27","1MA","11","27","27","and confirmed to him the high priesthood, and all the other honors that he had before, and gave him preeminence among his chief friends. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_28","052_11_28","1MA","11","28","28","And Jonathan requested of the king that he would make Judea free from tribute, along with the three provinces and the country of Samaria, and promised him three hundred talents. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_29","052_11_29","1MA","11","29","29","The king consented, and wrote letters to Jonathan concerning all these things as follows: ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_30","052_11_30","1MA","11","30","30","“King Demetrius to his brother Jonathan, and to the nation of the Jews, greetings. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_31","052_11_31","1MA","11","31","31","The copy of the letter which we wrote to Lasthenes our kinsman concerning you, we have written also to you, that you may see it. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_32","052_11_32","1MA","11","32","32","‘King Demetrius to Lasthenes his father, greetings. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_33","052_11_33","1MA","11","33","33","We have determined to do good to the nation of the Jews, who are our friends, and observe what is just toward us, because of their good will toward us. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_34","052_11_34","1MA","11","34","34","We have confirmed therefore to them the borders of Judea, and also the three governments of Aphaerema, Lydda, and Ramathaim (these were added to Judea from the country of Samaria), and all their territory to them, for all who do sacrifice in Jerusalem, instead of the king’s dues which the king received of them yearly before from the produce of the earth and the fruits of trees. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_35","052_11_35","1MA","11","35","35","As for the other payments to us from henceforth, of the tithes and the taxes that pertain to us, and the salt pits, and the crown taxes due to us, all these we will give back to them. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_36","052_11_36","1MA","11","36","36","Not one of these grants shall be annulled from this time forth and forever. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_37","052_11_37","1MA","11","37","37","Now therefore be careful to make a copy of these things, and let it be given to Jonathan, and let it be set up on the holy mountain in a suitable and conspicuous place.’” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_38","052_11_38","1MA","11","38","38","When King Demetrius saw that the land was quiet before him, and that no resistance was made to him, he sent away all his troops, each man to his own place, except the foreign troops, which he had raised from the islands of the Gentiles. So all the troops of his fathers hated him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_39","052_11_39","1MA","11","39","39","Now Tryphon was one of those who previously had been on Alexander’s side, and he saw that all the forces murmured against Demetrius. So he went to Imalcue the Arabian, who was raising up Antiochus the young child of Alexander, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_40","052_11_40","1MA","11","40","40","and urgently insisted to him that he should deliver him to him, that he might reign in his father’s place. He told him all that Demetrius had done, and the hatred with which his forces hated him; and he stayed there many days. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_41","052_11_41","1MA","11","41","41","Now Jonathan sent to King Demetrius, that he should remove the troops of the citadel from Jerusalem, and the troops who were in the strongholds; for they fought against Israel continually. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_42","052_11_42","1MA","11","42","42","Demetrius sent to Jonathan, saying, “I will not only do this for you and your nation, but I will greatly honor you and your nation, if I find an opportunity. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_43","052_11_43","1MA","11","43","43","Now therefore you shall do well if you send me men who will fight for me; for all my forces have revolted.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_44","052_11_44","1MA","11","44","44","So Jonathan sent him three thousand valiant men to Antioch. They came to the king, and the king was glad at their coming. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_45","052_11_45","1MA","11","45","45","The people of the city gathered themselves together into the midst of the city, to the number of one hundred and twenty thousand men, and they wanted to kill the king. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_46","052_11_46","1MA","11","46","46","The king fled into the court of the palace, and the people of the city seized the main streets of the city and began to fight. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_47","052_11_47","1MA","11","47","47","The king called the Jews to help him, and they were gathered together to him all at once, and they dispersed themselves in the city, and killed that day about one hundred thousand. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_48","052_11_48","1MA","11","48","48","They set the city on fire, and seized many spoils that day, and saved the king. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_49","052_11_49","1MA","11","49","49","The people of the city saw that the Jews had taken control of the city as they pleased, and they became faint in their hearts, and they cried out to the king with supplication, saying, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_50","052_11_50","1MA","11","50","50","“Give us your right hand, and let the Jews cease from fighting against us and the city.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_51","052_11_51","1MA","11","51","51","They threw away their weapons and made peace. The Jews were glorified in the sight of the king, and before all who were in his kingdom. Then they returned to Jerusalem, having much plunder. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_52","052_11_52","1MA","11","52","52","So King Demetrius sat on the throne of his kingdom, and the land was quiet before him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_53","052_11_53","1MA","11","53","53","He lied in all that he spoke, and estranged himself from Jonathan, and didn’t repay him according to the benefits with which he had repaid him, and treated him very harshly. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_54","052_11_54","1MA","11","54","54","Now after this, Tryphon returned, and with him the young child Antiochus, who reigned and put on a crown. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_55","052_11_55","1MA","11","55","55","All the forces which Demetrius had sent away with disgrace were gathered to him, and they fought against him, and he fled and was routed. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_56","052_11_56","1MA","11","56","56","Tryphon took the elephants, and took control of Antioch. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_57","052_11_57","1MA","11","57","57","The young Antiochus wrote to Jonathan, saying, “I confirm to you the high priesthood, and appoint you over the four districts, and to be one of the king’s friends.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_58","052_11_58","1MA","11","58","58","He sent to him golden vessels and furniture for the table, and gave him permission to drink in golden vessels, and to be clothed in purple, and to have a golden buckle. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_59","052_11_59","1MA","11","59","59","He made his brother Simon governor from the Ladder of Tyre to the borders of Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_60","052_11_60","1MA","11","60","60","Jonathan went out and took his journey beyond the river and through the cities. All the forces of Syria gathered themselves to him to be his allies. He came to Ascalon, and the people of the city met him honorably. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_61","052_11_61","1MA","11","61","61","He departed from there to Gaza, and the people of Gaza shut him out. So he besieged it and burned its pasture lands with fire, and plundered them. ");
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INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_64","052_11_64","1MA","11","64","64","He went to meet them, but he left Simon his brother in the country. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_65","052_11_65","1MA","11","65","65","Simon encamped against Bethsura, and fought against it many days, and hemmed it in. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_66","052_11_66","1MA","11","66","66","They asked him to give them his right hand, and he gave it to them. He removed them from there, took possession of the city, and set a garrison over it. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_67","052_11_67","1MA","11","67","67","Jonathan and his army encamped at the water of Gennesareth, and early in the morning they marched to the plain of Hazor. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_68","052_11_68","1MA","11","68","68","Behold, an army of foreigners met him in the plain. They laid an ambush for him in the mountains, but they themselves met him face to face. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_69","052_11_69","1MA","11","69","69","But those who lay in ambush rose out of their places and joined battle. All those who were on Jonathan’s side fled. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_70","052_11_70","1MA","11","70","70","Not one of them was left, except Mattathias the son of Absalom, and Judas the son of Chalphi, captains of the forces. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_71","052_11_71","1MA","11","71","71","Jonathan tore his clothes, put dirt on his head, and prayed. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_72","052_11_72","1MA","11","72","72","He turned again to them in battle, and routed them, and they fled. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_73","052_11_73","1MA","11","73","73","When the men on his side who had fled saw this, they returned to him and pursued with him to Kedesh to their camp, and they encamped there. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M111_74","052_11_74","1MA","11","74","74","About three thousand men of the foreigners fell on that day. Then Jonathan returned to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_1","052_12_1","1MA","12","1","1","Jonathan saw that the time was favorable for him, so he chose men and sent them to Rome to confirm and renew the friendship that they had with them. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_2","052_12_2","1MA","12","2","2","He also sent similar letters to the Spartans, and to other places. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_3","052_12_3","1MA","12","3","3","They went to Rome, entered into the senate house, and said, “Jonathan the high priest and the nation of the Jews have sent us to renew for them the friendship and the alliance, as in former time.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_4","052_12_4","1MA","12","4","4","They gave them letters to the men in every place, that they should provide safe conduct for them on their way to the land of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_5","052_12_5","1MA","12","5","5","This is the copy of the letters which Jonathan wrote to the Spartans: ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_6","052_12_6","1MA","12","6","6","“Jonathan the high priest, and the senate of the nation, and the priests, and the rest of the people of the Jews, to their kindred the Spartans, greetings. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_7","052_12_7","1MA","12","7","7","Even before this time letters were sent to Onias the high priest from Arius, who was reigning among you, to signify that you are our kindred, as the copy written below shows. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_8","052_12_8","1MA","12","8","8","Onias welcomed honorably the man who was sent and received the letters, wherein declaration was made of alliance and friendship. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_9","052_12_9","1MA","12","9","9","Therefore we also, even though we need none of these things, having for our encouragement the holy books which are in our hands, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_10","052_12_10","1MA","12","10","10","have undertaken to send that we might renew our brotherhood and friendship with you, to the end that we should not become estranged from you altogether; for a long time has passed since you sent your letter to us. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_11","052_12_11","1MA","12","11","11","We therefore at all times without ceasing, both in our feasts, and on the other convenient days, remember you in the sacrifices which we offer, and in our prayers, as it is right and proper to be mindful of kindred. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_12","052_12_12","1MA","12","12","12","Moreover, we are glad for your glory. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_13","052_12_13","1MA","12","13","13","But as for ourselves, many afflictions and many wars have encompassed us, and the kings who are around us have fought against us. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_14","052_12_14","1MA","12","14","14","We were unwilling to be troublesome to you, and to the rest of our allies and friends, in these wars; ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_15","052_12_15","1MA","12","15","15","for we have the help which is from heaven to help us, and we have been delivered from our enemies, and our enemies have been humbled. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_16","052_12_16","1MA","12","16","16","We chose therefore Numenius the son of Antiochus and Antipater the son of Jason, and have sent them to the Romans, to renew the friendship that we had with them, and the former alliance. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_17","052_12_17","1MA","12","17","17","We commanded them therefore to go also to you, and to salute you, and to deliver you our letters concerning the renewing of friendship and our brotherhood. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_18","052_12_18","1MA","12","18","18","And now you will do well if you give us a reply.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_19","052_12_19","1MA","12","19","19","And this is the copy of the letters which they sent to Onias: ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_20","052_12_20","1MA","12","20","20","“Arius king of the Spartans to Onias the chief priest, greetings. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_21","052_12_21","1MA","12","21","21","It has been found in writing, concerning the Spartans and the Jews, that they are kindred, and that they are of the descendants of Abraham. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_22","052_12_22","1MA","12","22","22","Now, since this has come to our knowledge, you will do well to write to us of your prosperity. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_23","052_12_23","1MA","12","23","23","We moreover write on our part to you, that your livestock and goods are ours, and ours are yours. We do command therefore that they make report to you accordingly.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_24","052_12_24","1MA","12","24","24","Now Jonathan heard that Demetrius’ princes had returned to fight against him with a greater army than before, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_25","052_12_25","1MA","12","25","25","so he marched away from Jerusalem, and met them in the country of Hamath; for he gave them no opportunity to set foot in his country. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_26","052_12_26","1MA","12","26","26","He sent spies into his camp, and they came again, and reported to him that they were preparing to attack them at night. ");
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INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_28","052_12_28","1MA","12","28","28","The adversaries heard that Jonathan and his men were ready for battle, and they feared, and trembled in their hearts, and they kindled fires in their camp then withdrew. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_29","052_12_29","1MA","12","29","29","But Jonathan and his men didn’t know it until the morning; for they saw the fires burning. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_30","052_12_30","1MA","12","30","30","Jonathan pursued after them, but didn’t overtake them; for they had gone over the river Eleutherus. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_31","052_12_31","1MA","12","31","31","Then Jonathan turned toward the Arabians, who are called Zabadaeans, and struck them, and took their spoils. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_32","052_12_32","1MA","12","32","32","He came out from there, and came to Damascus, and took his journey through all the country. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_33","052_12_33","1MA","12","33","33","Simon went out, and took his journey as far as Ascalon, and the strongholds that were near it. Then he turned toward Joppa and took possession of it; ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_34","052_12_34","1MA","12","34","34","for he had heard that they were planning to hand over the stronghold to Demetrius’ men. He set a garrison there to guard it. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_35","052_12_35","1MA","12","35","35","Then Jonathan returned and called the elders of the people together. He planned with them to build strongholds in Judea, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_36","052_12_36","1MA","12","36","36","and to make the walls of Jerusalem higher, and to raise a great mound between the citadel and the city, to separate it from the city, that so it might be isolated, that its garrison might neither buy nor sell. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_37","052_12_37","1MA","12","37","37","They were gathered together to build the city. Part of the wall of the brook that is on the east side fell down, and he repaired the section called Chaphenatha. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_38","052_12_38","1MA","12","38","38","Simon also built Adida in the plain country, made it strong, and set up gates and bars. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_39","052_12_39","1MA","12","39","39","And Tryphon sought to reign over Asia and to crown himself, and to stretch out his hand against Antiochus the king. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_40","052_12_40","1MA","12","40","40","He was afraid that Jonathan wouldn’t allow him, and that he would fight against him; and he sought a way to seize him, that he might destroy him. So he marched out and came to Bethshan. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_41","052_12_41","1MA","12","41","41","Jonathan came out to meet him with forty thousand men chosen for battle, and came to Bethshan. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_42","052_12_42","1MA","12","42","42","Tryphon saw that he came with a great army, and he was afraid to stretch out his hand against him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_43","052_12_43","1MA","12","43","43","He received him honorably, and commended him to all his friends, and gave him gifts, and commanded his forces to be obedient to him, as to himself. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_44","052_12_44","1MA","12","44","44","He said to Jonathan, “Why have you put all this people to so much trouble, seeing there is no war between us? ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_45","052_12_45","1MA","12","45","45","Now send them away to their homes, but choose for yourself a few men who shall be with you, and come with me to Ptolemais, and I will give it to you, and the rest of the strongholds and the rest of the forces, and all the king’s officers. Then I will turn around and depart; for this is why I came.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_46","052_12_46","1MA","12","46","46","He put his trust in him, and did even as he said, and sent away his forces, and they departed into the land of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_47","052_12_47","1MA","12","47","47","But he reserved to himself three thousand men, of whom he left two thousand in Galilee, but one thousand went with him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_48","052_12_48","1MA","12","48","48","Now as soon as Jonathan entered into Ptolemais, the people of Ptolemais shut the gates and seized him. They killed all those who came in with him with the sword. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_49","052_12_49","1MA","12","49","49","Tryphon sent troops and cavalry into Galilee, and into the Great Plain, to destroy all Jonathan’s men. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_50","052_12_50","1MA","12","50","50","They perceived that he had been seized and had perished, along with those who were with him. They encouraged one another and went on their way close together, prepared to fight. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_51","052_12_51","1MA","12","51","51","Those who followed them saw that they were ready to fight for their lives, and turned back again. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_52","052_12_52","1MA","12","52","52","They all came in peace into the land of Judah, and they mourned for Jonathan and those who were with him, and they were very afraid. All Israel mourned with a great mourning. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M112_53","052_12_53","1MA","12","53","53","And all the Gentiles who were around them sought to destroy them utterly; for they said, “They have no ruler nor anyone to help them. Now therefore let’s fight against them, and take away their memory from among men.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_1","052_13_1","1MA","13","1","1","Simon heard that Tryphon had gathered together a mighty army to come into the land of Judah and destroy it utterly. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_2","052_13_2","1MA","13","2","2","He saw that the people were trembling in great fear. So he went up to Jerusalem and gathered the people together. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_3","052_13_3","1MA","13","3","3","He encouraged them, and said to them, “You yourselves know all the things that I, my kindred, and my father’s house have done for the laws and the sanctuary, and the battles and the distresses which we have seen. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_4","052_13_4","1MA","13","4","4","Because of this, all my brothers have perished for Israel’s sake, and I am left alone. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_5","052_13_5","1MA","13","5","5","Now be it far from me, that I should spare my own life in any time of affliction, for I am not better than my kindred. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_6","052_13_6","1MA","13","6","6","However, I will take vengeance for my nation, for the sanctuary, and for our wives and children, because all the Gentiles have gathered out of hatred to destroy us.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_7","052_13_7","1MA","13","7","7","The spirit of the people revived as soon as they heard these words. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_8","052_13_8","1MA","13","8","8","They answered with a loud voice, saying, “You are our leader in the place of Judas and Jonathan your brothers. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_9","052_13_9","1MA","13","9","9","Fight our battles, and we will do all that you tell us to do.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_10","052_13_10","1MA","13","10","10","He gathered together all the men of war, and hurried to finish the walls of Jerusalem. He fortified it all around. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_11","052_13_11","1MA","13","11","11","He sent Jonathan the son of Absalom, and with him a great army, to Joppa. He threw out those who were in it, and lived there. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_12","052_13_12","1MA","13","12","12","Tryphon left Ptolemais with a mighty army to enter into the land of Judah, and Jonathan was with him under guard. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_13","052_13_13","1MA","13","13","13","But Simon encamped at Adida, near the plain. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_14","052_13_14","1MA","13","14","14","Tryphon knew that Simon had risen up in the place of his brother Jonathan, and meant to join battle with him, so he sent ambassadors to him, saying, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_15","052_13_15","1MA","13","15","15","“It is for money which Jonathan your brother owed to the king’s treasury, by reason of the offices which he had, that we are detaining him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_16","052_13_16","1MA","13","16","16","Now send one hundred talents of silver and two of his sons for hostages, so that when he is released he may not revolt against us, and we will release him.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_17","052_13_17","1MA","13","17","17","Simon knew that they spoke to him deceitfully, but he sent to get the money and the children, lest perhaps he would arouse great hostility among the people, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_18","052_13_18","1MA","13","18","18","who might say, “Because I didn’t send him the money and the children, he perished.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_19","052_13_19","1MA","13","19","19","So he sent the children and the hundred talents, but Tryphon lied, and didn’t release Jonathan. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_20","052_13_20","1MA","13","20","20","After this, Tryphon came to invade the land and destroy it, and he went around by the way that leads to Adora. Simon and his army marched near him to every place, wherever he went. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_21","052_13_21","1MA","13","21","21","Now the people of the citadel sent to Tryphon ambassadors, urging him to come to them through the wilderness, and to send them food. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_22","052_13_22","1MA","13","22","22","So Tryphon prepared all his cavalry to come, but on that night a very heavy snow fell, and he didn’t come because of the snow. He marched off and went into the land of Gilead. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_23","052_13_23","1MA","13","23","23","When he came near to Bascama, he killed Jonathan, and he was buried there. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_24","052_13_24","1MA","13","24","24","Then Tryphon turned back, and went away into his own land. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_25","052_13_25","1MA","13","25","25","Simon sent, and took the bones of Jonathan his brother, and buried him at Modin, the city of his fathers. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_26","052_13_26","1MA","13","26","26","All Israel made great lamentation over him, and mourned for him many days. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_27","052_13_27","1MA","13","27","27","Simon built a monument on the tomb of his father and his kindred, and raised it high so that it could be seen, with polished stone on the front and back. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_28","052_13_28","1MA","13","28","28","He also set up seven pyramids, one near another, for his father, his mother, and his four brothers. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_29","052_13_29","1MA","13","29","29","For these, he made an elaborate setting, erecting great pillars around them, and upon the pillars he made suits of armor for a perpetual memorial, and beside the suits of armor, he carved ships, so that they could be seen by all who sail on the sea. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_30","052_13_30","1MA","13","30","30","This is the tomb which he made at Modin. It remains to this day. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_31","052_13_31","1MA","13","31","31","Now Tryphon deceived the young King Antiochus and killed him, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_32","052_13_32","1MA","13","32","32","and reigned in his place. He put on himself the crown of Asia and brought a great calamity upon the land. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_33","052_13_33","1MA","13","33","33","Simon built up the strongholds of Judea, and walled them all around with high towers, great walls, gates, and bars; and he stored food in the strongholds. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_34","052_13_34","1MA","13","34","34","Simon chose men, and sent to King Demetrius with a request that he grant the country an immunity, because all that Tryphon did was to plunder. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_35","052_13_35","1MA","13","35","35","King Demetrius sent to him according to these words, and answered him, and wrote a letter to him, as follows: ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_36","052_13_36","1MA","13","36","36","“King Demetrius to Simon the high priest and friend of kings, and to the elders and nation of the Jews, greetings. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_37","052_13_37","1MA","13","37","37","The golden crown and the palm branch, which you sent, we have received. We are ready to make a steadfast peace with you, yes, and to write to our officers to release you from tribute. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_38","052_13_38","1MA","13","38","38","Whatever things we confirmed to you, they are confirmed. The strongholds, which you have built, let them be your own. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_39","052_13_39","1MA","13","39","39","As for any oversights and faults committed to this day, we forgive them, and the crown tax which you owed us. If there were any other tax collected in Jerusalem, let it be collected no longer. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_40","052_13_40","1MA","13","40","40","If any among you are qualified to be enrolled in our court, let them be enrolled, and let there be peace between us.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_41","052_13_41","1MA","13","41","41","In the one hundred seventieth year, the yoke of the Gentiles was taken away from Israel. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_42","052_13_42","1MA","13","42","42","The people began to write in their instruments and contracts, “In the first year of Simon, the great high priest and captain and leader of the Jews.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_43","052_13_43","1MA","13","43","43","In those days Simon encamped against Gazara, and surrounded it with troops. He made a seige engine, and brought it up to the city, and struck a tower, and captured it. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_44","052_13_44","1MA","13","44","44","Those who were in the engine leaped out into the city; and there was a great uproar in the city. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_45","052_13_45","1MA","13","45","45","The people of the city tore their clothes, and went up on the walls with their wives and children, and cried with a loud voice, asking Simon to give them his right hand. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_46","052_13_46","1MA","13","46","46","They said, “Don’t deal with us according to our wickednesses, but according to your mercy.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_47","052_13_47","1MA","13","47","47","So Simon was reconciled to them, and didn’t fight against them; but he expelled them from the city and cleansed the houses where the idols were, and then entered into it with singing and giving praise. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_48","052_13_48","1MA","13","48","48","He removed all uncleanness out of it, and placed in it men who would keep the law, and made it stronger than it was before, and built a dwelling place for himself in it. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_49","052_13_49","1MA","13","49","49","But the people of the citadel in Jerusalem were hindered from going out and from going into the country, and from buying and selling. So they were very hungry, and a great number of them perished from famine. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_50","052_13_50","1MA","13","50","50","Then they cried out to Simon, that he should give them his right hand; and he gave it to them; but he expelled them from there, and he cleansed the citadel from its pollutions. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_51","052_13_51","1MA","13","51","51","He entered into it on the twenty-third day of the second month, in the one hundred seventy-first year, with praise and palm branches, with harps, with cymbals, and with stringed instruments, with hymns, and with songs, because a great enemy had been destroyed out of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_52","052_13_52","1MA","13","52","52","Simon ordained that they should keep that day every year with gladness. He made the hill of the temple that was by the citadel stronger than before, and he lived there with his men. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M113_53","052_13_53","1MA","13","53","53","Simon saw that his son John was a man, so he made him leader of all his forces; and he lived in Gazara. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_1","052_14_1","1MA","14","1","1","In the one hundred seventy-second year, King Demetrius gathered his forces together, and went into Media to get help, that he might fight against Tryphon. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_2","052_14_2","1MA","14","2","2","When Arsaces, the king of Persia and Media, heard that Demetrius had come into his borders, he sent one of his princes to take him alive. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_3","052_14_3","1MA","14","3","3","He went and struck the army of Demetrius, and seized him and brought him to Arsaces, who put him under guard. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_4","052_14_4","1MA","14","4","4","The land had rest all the days of Simon. He sought the good of his nation. His authority and his honor was pleasing to them all his days. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_5","052_14_5","1MA","14","5","5","Amid all his honors, he took Joppa for a harbor, and made it an entrance for the islands of the sea. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_6","052_14_6","1MA","14","6","6","He enlarged the borders of his nation and took possession of the country. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_7","052_14_7","1MA","14","7","7","He gathered together a great number of captives, and took control of Gazara, Bethsura, and the citadel, and he removed its uncleannesses from it. There was no one who resisted him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_8","052_14_8","1MA","14","8","8","They tilled their land in peace, and the land gave her increase, and the trees of the plains gave their fruit. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_9","052_14_9","1MA","14","9","9","The old men sat in the streets; they all conversed together about good things. The young men put on glorious and warlike apparel. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_10","052_14_10","1MA","14","10","10","He provided food for the cities and furnished them with means of defense, until the glory of his name was known to the end of the earth. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_11","052_14_11","1MA","14","11","11","He made peace in the land, and Israel rejoiced with great joy. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_12","052_14_12","1MA","14","12","12","Each man sat under his vine and his fig tree, and there was no one to make them afraid. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_13","052_14_13","1MA","14","13","13","No one was left in the land who fought against them. The kings were defeated in those days. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_14","052_14_14","1MA","14","14","14","He strengthened all those of his people who were humble. He searched out the law, and every lawless and wicked person he took away. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_15","052_14_15","1MA","14","15","15","He glorified the sanctuary, and added to the vessels of the temple. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_16","052_14_16","1MA","14","16","16","It was heard at Rome that Jonathan was dead, and even in Sparta, and they were exceedingly grieved. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_17","052_14_17","1MA","14","17","17","But as soon as they heard that his brother Simon was made high priest in his place, and ruled the country and the cities in it, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_18","052_14_18","1MA","14","18","18","they wrote to him on brass tablets to renew with him the friendship and the alliance which they had confirmed with his brothers Judas and Jonathan. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_19","052_14_19","1MA","14","19","19","These were read before the congregation at Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_20","052_14_20","1MA","14","20","20","This is the copy of the letters which the Spartans sent: “The rulers and the city of the Spartans, to Simon the high priest, to the elders, the priests, and the rest of the people of the Jews, our kindred, greetings. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_21","052_14_21","1MA","14","21","21","The ambassadors who were sent to our people reported to us about your glory and honor. We were glad for their coming, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_22","052_14_22","1MA","14","22","22","and we registered the things that were spoken by them in the public records as follows: ‘Numenius son of Antiochus, and Antipater son of Jason, the Jews’ ambassadors, came to us to renew the friendship they had with us. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_23","052_14_23","1MA","14","23","23","It pleased the people to entertain the men honorably, and to put the copy of their words in the public records, to the end that the people of the Spartans might have a record of them. Moreover they wrote a copy of these things to Simon the high priest.’” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_24","052_14_24","1MA","14","24","24","After this, Simon sent Numenius to Rome with a great shield of gold of weighing one thousand minas, in order to confirm the alliance with them. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_25","052_14_25","1MA","14","25","25","But when the people heard these things, they said, “What thanks shall we give to Simon and his sons? ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_26","052_14_26","1MA","14","26","26","For he and his brothers and the house of his father have made themselves strong, and have fought and chased away Israel’s enemies, and confirmed liberty to Israel.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_27","052_14_27","1MA","14","27","27","So they wrote on tablets of brass, and set them on pillars on mount Zion. This is the copy of the writing: “On the eighteenth day of Elul, in the one hundred seventy-second year, which is the third year of Simon the high priest, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_28","052_14_28","1MA","14","28","28","in Asaramel, in a great congregation of priests and people and princes of the nation, and of the elders of the country, it was proclaimed to us: ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_29","052_14_29","1MA","14","29","29","‘Since wars often occurred in the country, Simon the son of Mattathias, the son of the sons of Joarib, and his brothers, put themselves in jeopardy and withstood the enemies of their nation, that their sanctuary and the law might be established, and glorified their nation with great glory. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_30","052_14_30","1MA","14","30","30","Jonathan rallied the nation, became their high priest, and was gathered to his people. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_31","052_14_31","1MA","14","31","31","Their enemies planned to invade their country, that they might destroy their country utterly, and stretch out their hands against their sanctuary. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_32","052_14_32","1MA","14","32","32","Then Simon rose up and fought for his nation. He spent much of his own money to arm the valiant men of his nation and give them wages. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_33","052_14_33","1MA","14","33","33","He fortified the cities of Judea and Bethsura that lies on the borders of Judea, where the weapons of the enemies were had been stored, and there he placed a garrison of Jews. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_34","052_14_34","1MA","14","34","34","He fortified Joppa which is upon the sea, and Gazara which is upon the borders of Azotus, where the enemies used to live, and placed Jews there, and set in there all things necessary for their restoration. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_35","052_14_35","1MA","14","35","35","The people saw Simon’s faith, and the glory which he resolved to bring to his nation, and they made him their leader and high priest, because he had done all these things, and for the justice and the faith which he kept to his nation, and because he sought by all means to exalt his people. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_36","052_14_36","1MA","14","36","36","In his days, things prospered in his hands, so that the Gentiles were taken away out of their country, and they also who were in the city of David, those who were in Jerusalem, who had made themselves a citadel, out of which they used to go, and polluted everything around the sanctuary, and did great damage to its purity. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_37","052_14_37","1MA","14","37","37","He placed Jews in it and fortified it for the safety of the country and the city, and made high the walls of Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_38","052_14_38","1MA","14","38","38","King Demetrius confirmed to him the high priesthood according to these things, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_39","052_14_39","1MA","14","39","39","and made him one of his friends, and honored him with great honor; ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_40","052_14_40","1MA","14","40","40","for he had heard that the Jews had been called by the Romans friends, allies, and kindred, and that they had met the ambassadors of Simon honorably; ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_41","052_14_41","1MA","14","41","41","and that the Jews and the priests were well pleased that Simon should be their leader and high priest forever, until there should arise a faithful prophet; ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_42","052_14_42","1MA","14","42","42","and that he should be governor over them, and should take charge of the sanctuary, to set them over their works, and over the country, and over the weapons, and over the strongholds; and that he should take charge of the sanctuary, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_43","052_14_43","1MA","14","43","43","and that he should be obeyed by all, and that all contracts in the country should be written in his name, and that he should be clothed in purple, and wear gold; ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_44","052_14_44","1MA","14","44","44","and that it should not be lawful for any of the people or of the priests to nullify any of these things, or to oppose the words that he should speak, or to gather an assembly in the country without him, or to be clothed in purple, or wear a buckle of gold; ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_45","052_14_45","1MA","14","45","45","but whoever should do otherwise, or nullify any of these things, he will be liable to punishment.’” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_46","052_14_46","1MA","14","46","46","All the people consented to ordain for Simon that he should do according to these words. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_47","052_14_47","1MA","14","47","47","So Simon accepted this, and consented to be high priest, and to be captain and governor of the Jews and of the priests, and to be protector of all. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_48","052_14_48","1MA","14","48","48","They commanded to put this writing on tablets of brass, and to set them up within the precinct of the sanctuary in a conspicuous place, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M114_49","052_14_49","1MA","14","49","49","and moreover to put copies of them in the treasury, so that Simon and his sons might have them. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_1","052_15_1","1MA","15","1","1","Antiochus son of Demetrius the king sent a letter from the islands of the sea to Simon the priest and governor of the Jews, and to all the nation. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_2","052_15_2","1MA","15","2","2","Its contents follow: “King Antiochus to Simon the chief priest and governor, and to the nation of the Jews, greetings. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_3","052_15_3","1MA","15","3","3","Whereas certain troublemakers have made themselves masters of the kingdom of our fathers, but my purpose is to claim the kingdom, that I may restore it as it was before; and moreover I have raised a multitude of foreign soldiers, and have prepared warships; ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_4","052_15_4","1MA","15","4","4","moreover I plan to land in the country, that I may punish those who have destroyed our country, and those who have made many cities in the kingdom desolate; ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_5","052_15_5","1MA","15","5","5","now therefore I confirm to you all the tax remissions which the kings who were before me remitted to you, and whatever gifts besides they remitted to you, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_6","052_15_6","1MA","15","6","6","and I permit you to coin money for your country with your own stamp, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_7","052_15_7","1MA","15","7","7","but that Jerusalem and the sanctuary should be free. All the weapons that you have prepared, and the strongholds that you have built, which you have in your possession, let them remain yours. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_8","052_15_8","1MA","15","8","8","Every debt owed to the king, and the things that will be owed to the king from henceforth and for evermore, let them be remitted to you. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_9","052_15_9","1MA","15","9","9","Moreover, when we have established our kingdom, we will glorify you and your nation and the temple with great glory, so that your glory will be made manifest in all the earth. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_10","052_15_10","1MA","15","10","10","In the one hundred seventy-fourth year, Antiochus went into the land of his fathers; and all the forces came together to him, so that there were few men with Tryphon. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_11","052_15_11","1MA","15","11","11","King Antiochus pursued him, and he came, as he fled, to Dor, which is by the sea; ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_12","052_15_12","1MA","15","12","12","for he knew that troubles had come upon him all at once, and that his forces had deserted him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_13","052_15_13","1MA","15","13","13","Antiochus encamped against Dor, and with him one hundred twenty thousand men of war and eight thousand cavalry. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_14","052_15_14","1MA","15","14","14","He surrounded the city, and the ships joined in the attack from the sea. He harassed the city by land and sea, and permitted no one to go out or in. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_15","052_15_15","1MA","15","15","15","Numenius and his company came from Rome, having letters to the kings and to the countries, in which were written these things: ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_16","052_15_16","1MA","15","16","16","“Lucius, consul of the Romans, to King Ptolemy, greetings. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_17","052_15_17","1MA","15","17","17","The Jews’ ambassadors came to us as our friends and allies, to renew the old friendship and alliance, being sent from Simon the high priest, and from the people of the Jews. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_18","052_15_18","1MA","15","18","18","Moreover they brought a shield of gold weighing one thousand minas. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_19","052_15_19","1MA","15","19","19","It pleased us therefore to write to the kings and to the countries, that they should not seek their harm or fight against them, their cities, and their country, or be allies with those who fight against them. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_20","052_15_20","1MA","15","20","20","Moreover, it seemed good to us to receive the shield from them. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_21","052_15_21","1MA","15","21","21","If therefore any troublemakers have fled from their country to you, deliver them to Simon the high priest, that he may take vengeance on them according to their law.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_22","052_15_22","1MA","15","22","22","He wrote the same things to King Demetrius, to Attalus, to Arathes, to Arsaces, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_23","052_15_23","1MA","15","23","23","to all the countries, to Sampsames, to the Spartans, to Delos, to Myndos, to Sicyon, to Caria, to Samos, to Pamphylia, to Lycia, to Halicarnassus, to Rhodes, to Phaselis, to Cos, to Side, to Aradus, Gortyna, Cnidus, Cyprus, and Cyrene. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_24","052_15_24","1MA","15","24","24","They also wrote this copy to Simon the high priest. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_25","052_15_25","1MA","15","25","25","But King Antiochus encamped against Dor the second day, bringing his forces up to it continually, and making engines of war; and he shut up Tryphon from going in or out. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_26","052_15_26","1MA","15","26","26","Simon sent him two thousand chosen men to fight on his side, with silver, gold, and instruments of war in abundance. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_27","052_15_27","1MA","15","27","27","He would not receive them, but nullified all the covenants which he had made with him before, and was estranged from him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_28","052_15_28","1MA","15","28","28","He sent to him Athenobius, one of his friends, to confer with him, saying, “You hold possession of Joppa, Gazara, and the citadel that is in Jerusalem, cities of my kingdom. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_29","052_15_29","1MA","15","29","29","You have devastated their territory, and done great harm in the land, and control of many places in my kingdom. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_30","052_15_30","1MA","15","30","30","Now therefore hand over the cities which you have taken, and the tributes of the places which you have taken control of outside of the borders of Judea; ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_31","052_15_31","1MA","15","31","31","or else give me for them five hundred talents of silver; and for the harm that you have done, and the tributes of the cities, another five hundred talents. Otherwise we will come and subdue you.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_32","052_15_32","1MA","15","32","32","Athenobius, the king’s friend, came to Jerusalem. When he saw the glory of Simon, the cupboard of gold and silver vessels, and his great attendance, he was amazed. He reported to him the king’s words. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_33","052_15_33","1MA","15","33","33","Simon answered, and said to him, “We have not taken other men’s land nor do we have possession of that which belongs to others, but of the inheritance of our fathers. However, it had been in possession of our enemies wrongfully for a while. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_34","052_15_34","1MA","15","34","34","But we, having opportunity, firmly hold the inheritance of our fathers. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_35","052_15_35","1MA","15","35","35","As for Joppa and Gazara, which you demand, they did great harm among the people throughout our country. We will give one hundred talents for them.” Athenobius didn’t answer even one word, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_36","052_15_36","1MA","15","36","36","but returned in a rage to the king, and reported to him these words, and the glory of Simon, and all that he had seen; and the king was exceedingly angry. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_37","052_15_37","1MA","15","37","37","Meanwhile, Tryphon embarked on board a ship, and fled to Orthosia. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_38","052_15_38","1MA","15","38","38","The king appointed Cendebaeus chief captain of the sea coast, and gave him troops of infantry and cavalry. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_39","052_15_39","1MA","15","39","39","He commanded him to encamp against Judea, and he commanded him to build up Kidron, and to fortify the gates, and that he should fight against the people; but the king pursued Tryphon. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_40","052_15_40","1MA","15","40","40","So Cendebaeus came to Jamnia and began to provoke the people, and to invade Judea, and to take the people captive and kill them. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M115_41","052_15_41","1MA","15","41","41","He built Kidron and stationed cavalry and infantry there, to the end that going out they might make raids on the highways of Judea, as the king had commanded him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M116_1","052_16_1","1MA","16","1","1","John went up from Gazara and told Simon his father what Cendebaeus was doing. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M116_2","052_16_2","1MA","16","2","2","Simon called his two oldest sons, Judas and John, and said to them, “I and my brothers and my father’s house have fought the battles of Israel from our youth, even to this day; and things have prospered in our hands, that we have often delivered Israel. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M116_3","052_16_3","1MA","16","3","3","But now I am old, and you moreover, by his mercy, are of a sufficient age. Take the place of me and my brother, and go out and fight for our nation; and let the help which is from heaven be with you. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M116_4","052_16_4","1MA","16","4","4","He chose out of the country twenty thousand men of war and cavalry, and they went against Cendebaeus, and slept at Modin. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M116_5","052_16_5","1MA","16","5","5","Rising up in the morning, they went into the plain, and, behold, a great army of infantry and cavalry came to meet them. There was a brook between them. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M116_6","052_16_6","1MA","16","6","6","He encamped near them, he and his people. He saw that the people were afraid to pass over the brook, and he passed over first. When the men saw him, they passed over after him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M116_7","052_16_7","1MA","16","7","7","He divided the people, and placed the calvary in the midst of the infantry; but the enemies’ cavalry were exceedingly many. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M116_8","052_16_8","1MA","16","8","8","They sounded the trumpets; and Cendebaeus and his army were put to flight, and many of them fell wounded to death, but those who were left fled to the stronghold. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M116_9","052_16_9","1MA","16","9","9","At that time Judas, John’s brother, was wounded; but John pursued after them until he came to Kidron, which Cendebaeus had built. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M116_10","052_16_10","1MA","16","10","10","They fled to the towers that are in the fields of Azotus; and he burned it with fire. About two thousand men men of them fell. Then he returned into Judea in peace. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M116_11","052_16_11","1MA","16","11","11","Ptolemy the son of Abubus had been appointed governor over the plain of Jericho, and he had much silver and gold; ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M116_12","052_16_12","1MA","16","12","12","for he was the high priest’s son-in-law. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M116_13","052_16_13","1MA","16","13","13","His heart was lifted up, and he planned to make himself master of the country, and he made deceitful plans against Simon and his sons, to do away with them. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M116_14","052_16_14","1MA","16","14","14","Now Simon was visiting the cities that were in the country, and attending to their needs. He went down to Jericho—himself with Mattathias and Judas his sons—in the one hundred seventy-seventh year, in the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M116_15","052_16_15","1MA","16","15","15","The son of Abubus received them deceitfully into the little stronghold that is called Dok, which he had built, and made them a great banquet, and hid men there. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M116_16","052_16_16","1MA","16","16","16","When Simon and his sons had drunk freely, Ptolemy and his men rose up, took their weapons, rushed in against Simon in the banqueting place, and killed him, his two sons, and some of his servants. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M116_17","052_16_17","1MA","16","17","17","He committed a great iniquity, and repaid evil for good. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M116_18","052_16_18","1MA","16","18","18","Ptolemy wrote these things and sent to the king, that he should send him forces to aid him, and should deliver him their country and the cities. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M116_19","052_16_19","1MA","16","19","19","He sent others to Gazara to do away with John. To the captains of thousands, he sent letters to come to him, that he might give them silver, gold, and gifts. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M116_20","052_16_20","1MA","16","20","20","He sent others to take possession of Jerusalem and the temple hill. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M116_21","052_16_21","1MA","16","21","21","One ran before to Gazara, and told John that his father and kindred had perished, and he has sent to kill you also. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M116_22","052_16_22","1MA","16","22","22","When he heard, he was greatly shocked. He seized the men who came to destroy him and killed them; for he perceived that they were seeking to destroy him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M116_23","052_16_23","1MA","16","23","23","And the rest of the acts of John and of his wars and of his valiant deeds which he did, and of the building of the walls which he built, and of his achievements, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M116_24","052_16_24","1MA","16","24","24","behold, they are written in the chronicles of his high priesthood, from the time that he was made high priest after his father. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M21_1","053_1_1","2MA","1","1","1","The kindred, the Jews who are in Jerusalem and those who are in the country of Judea, send greetings and good peace to the kindred, the Jews who are throughout Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M21_2","053_1_2","2MA","1","2","2","May God do good to you, and remember his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, his faithful servants, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M21_3","053_1_3","2MA","1","3","3","and give you all a heart to worship him and do his will with a strong heart and a willing soul. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M21_4","053_1_4","2MA","1","4","4","May God open your heart to his law and his statutes, and make peace, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M21_5","053_1_5","2MA","1","5","5","and listen to your requests, and be reconciled with you, and not forsake you in an evil time. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M21_6","053_1_6","2MA","1","6","6","Now we are praying for you here. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M21_7","053_1_7","2MA","1","7","7","In the reign of Demetrius, in the one hundred sixty-ninth year, we the Jews have already written to you in the suffering and in the distress that has come upon us in these years, from the time that Jason and his company revolted from the holy land and the kingdom, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M21_8","053_1_8","2MA","1","8","8","and set the gate on fire, and shed innocent blood. We prayed to the Lord, and were heard. We offered sacrifices and meal offerings. We lit the lamps. We set out the show bread. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M21_9","053_1_9","2MA","1","9","9","Now see that you keep the days of the feast of tabernacles in the month Chislev in the one hundred eighty-eighth year. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M21_10","053_1_10","2MA","1","10","10","The people of Jerusalem and those who are in Judea, with the senate and Judas, to Aristobulus, King Ptolemy’s teacher, who is also of the stock of the anointed priests, and to the Jews who are in Egypt, we send greetings and health. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M21_11","053_1_11","2MA","1","11","11","Having been saved by God out of great perils, as men arrayed against a king, we thank him greatly. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M21_12","053_1_12","2MA","1","12","12","For he threw out into Persia those who fought against us in the holy city. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M21_13","053_1_13","2MA","1","13","13","For when the prince had come there, with an army that seemed irresistible, they were cut to pieces in the temple of Nanaea by the treachery of Nanaea’s priests. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M21_14","053_1_14","2MA","1","14","14","For Antiochus, on the pretense that he would marry her, came into the place, he and his friends who were with him, that they might take a large part of the treasures as a dowry. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M21_15","053_1_15","2MA","1","15","15","And when the priests of Nanaea’s temple had set the treasures out, and he had come there with a small company within the wall of the sacred precinct, they locked the temple when Antiochus had come in. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M21_16","053_1_16","2MA","1","16","16","Opening the secret door of the panelled ceiling, they threw stones and struck down the prince. They cut him and his company in pieces, and cut off their heads, and threw them to the people who were outside. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M21_17","053_1_17","2MA","1","17","17","Blessed be our God in all things, who handed over those who had committed impiety. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M21_18","053_1_18","2MA","1","18","18","Since we are now about to celebrate the purification of the temple in the month Chislev, on the twenty-fifth day, we thought it necessary to notify you, so that you may also keep a feast of tabernacles, and remember the fire which was given when Nehemiah offered sacrifices, after he had built both the temple and the altar. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M21_19","053_1_19","2MA","1","19","19","For indeed when our fathers were about to be led into the land of Persia, the godly priests of that time took some of the fire of the altar, and hid it secretly in the hollow of a well that was without water, where they made sure that the place was unknown to anyone. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M21_20","053_1_20","2MA","1","20","20","Now after many years, when it pleased God, Nehemiah, having received a charge from the king of Persia, sent in quest of the fire the descendants of the priests who hid it. When they declared to us that they had found no fire, but thick liquid, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M21_21","053_1_21","2MA","1","21","21","he commanded them to draw some of it out and bring it to him. When the sacrifices had been offered, Nehemiah commanded the priests to sprinkle with that liquid both the wood and the things laid on it. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M21_22","053_1_22","2MA","1","22","22","When that was done and some time had passed, and the sun shone out, which before was hidden with clouds, a great blaze was kindled, so that all men marveled. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M21_23","053_1_23","2MA","1","23","23","The priests made a prayer while the sacrifice was being consumed—both the priests and all the others. Jonathan led and the rest responded, as Nehemiah did. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M21_24","053_1_24","2MA","1","24","24","The prayer was like this: “O Lord, Lord God, the Creator of all things, who are awesome, strong, righteous, and merciful, who alone are King and gracious, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M21_25","053_1_25","2MA","1","25","25","who alone supply every need, who alone are righteous, almighty, and eternal, you who save Israel out of all evil, who chose the ancestors and sanctified them, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M21_26","053_1_26","2MA","1","26","26","accept the sacrifice for all your people Israel, and preserve your own portion, and consecrate it. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M21_27","053_1_27","2MA","1","27","27","Gather together our scattered people, set at liberty those who are in bondage among the heathen, look upon those who are despised and abhorred, and let the heathen know that you are our God. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M21_28","053_1_28","2MA","1","28","28","Punish those who oppress us and in arrogance shamefully entreat us. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M21_29","053_1_29","2MA","1","29","29","Plant your people in your holy place, even as Moses said.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M21_30","053_1_30","2MA","1","30","30","Then the priests sang the hymns. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M21_31","053_1_31","2MA","1","31","31","As soon as the sacrifice was consumed, then Nehemiah commanded that the rest of the liquid be poured on large stones. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M21_32","053_1_32","2MA","1","32","32","When this was done, a flame was kindled; but when the light from the altar shone back, it went out. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M21_33","053_1_33","2MA","1","33","33","When the matter became known, and it was told the king of the Persians that, in the place where the priests who were led away had hid the fire, the liquid appeared which Nehemiah and those who were with him purified the sacrifice, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M21_34","053_1_34","2MA","1","34","34","then the king enclosed the place and made it sacred after he had investigated the matter. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M21_35","053_1_35","2MA","1","35","35","When the king would show favor to any, he would exchange many presents and give them some of this liquid. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M21_36","053_1_36","2MA","1","36","36","Nehemiah and those who were with him called this thing “Nephthar”, which is by interpretation, “Cleansing”; but most men call it Nephthai. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M22_1","053_2_1","2MA","2","1","1","It is also found in the records that Jeremiah the prophet commanded those who were carried away to take some of the fire, as has been mentioned, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M22_2","053_2_2","2MA","2","2","2","and how that the prophet charged those who were carried away, having given them the law, that they should not forget the statutes of the Lord or be led astray in their minds when they saw images of gold and silver, and their adornment. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M22_3","053_2_3","2MA","2","3","3","With other such words exhorted he them, that the law should not depart from their hearts. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M22_4","053_2_4","2MA","2","4","4","It was in the writing that the prophet, being warned by God, commanded that the tabernacle and the ark should follow with him, when he went out to the mountain where Moses had gone up and saw God’s inheritance. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M22_5","053_2_5","2MA","2","5","5","Jeremiah came and found a cave, he brought the tabernacle, the ark, and the altar of incense into it; then he sealed the entrance. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M22_6","053_2_6","2MA","2","6","6","Some of those who followed with him came there that they might mark the way, and could not find it. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M22_7","053_2_7","2MA","2","7","7","But when Jeremiah learned about that, he rebuked them, saying, “The place shall be unknown until God gathers the people together again and shows mercy. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M22_8","053_2_8","2MA","2","8","8","Then the Lord will disclose these things, and the glory of the Lord shall be seen with the cloud, as it was also shown to Moses, also as Solomon implored that the place might be consecrated greatly, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M22_9","053_2_9","2MA","2","9","9","and it was also declared that he, having wisdom, offered a sacrifice of dedication, and of the finishing of the temple. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M22_10","053_2_10","2MA","2","10","10","As Moses prayed to the Lord and fire came down out of heaven and consumed the sacrifice, even so Solomon also prayed, and the fire came down and consumed the burnt offerings. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M22_11","053_2_11","2MA","2","11","11","Moses said, ‘Because the sin offering had not been eaten, it was consumed in like manner.’ ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M22_12","053_2_12","2MA","2","12","12","Likewise Solomon kept the eight days.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M22_13","053_2_13","2MA","2","13","13","The same things were reported both in the public archives and in Nehemiah’s records, and also how he, founding a library, gathered together the books about the kings and prophets, and the writings of David, and letters of kings about sacred gifts. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M22_14","053_2_14","2MA","2","14","14","In like manner Judas also gathered together for us all those books that had been scattered by reason of the war, and they are still with us. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M22_15","053_2_15","2MA","2","15","15","If therefore you have need of them, send some people to bring them to you. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M22_16","053_2_16","2MA","2","16","16","Seeing then that we are about to celebrate the purification, we write to you. You will therefore do well if you celebrate the days. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M22_17","053_2_17","2MA","2","17","17","Now God, who saved all his people, and restored the heritage to all, with the kingdom, the priesthood, and the consecration, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M22_18","053_2_18","2MA","2","18","18","even as he promised through the law— in God have we hope, that he will soon have mercy upon us, and gather us together out of everywhere under heaven into his holy place; for he delivered us out of great evils, and purified the place. ——————— ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M22_19","053_2_19","2MA","2","19","19","Now the things concerning Judas Maccabaeus and his brothers, the purification of the greatest temple, the dedication of the altar, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M22_20","053_2_20","2MA","2","20","20","and further the wars against Antiochus Epiphanes and Eupator his son, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M22_21","053_2_21","2MA","2","21","21","and the manifestations that came from heaven to those who fought with one another in brave deeds for the religion of the Jews; so that, being but a few, they seized the whole country, chased the barbarous multitudes, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M22_22","053_2_22","2MA","2","22","22","recovered again the temple renowned all the world over, freed the city, and restored the laws which were about to be overthrown, seeing the Lord became gracious to them with all kindness. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M22_23","053_2_23","2MA","2","23","23","These things which have been declared by Jason of Cyrene in five books, we will attempt to abridge in one book. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M22_24","053_2_24","2MA","2","24","24","For having in view the confused mass of the numbers, and the difficulty which awaits those who would enter into the narratives of the history, by reason of the abundance of the matter, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M22_25","053_2_25","2MA","2","25","25","we were careful that those who choose to read may be attracted, and that those who wish us well may find it easy to recall, and that all readers may benefit. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M22_26","053_2_26","2MA","2","26","26","Although to us, who have taken upon ourselves the painful labor of the abridgement, the task is not easy, but a matter of sweat and sleeplessness, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M22_27","053_2_27","2MA","2","27","27","even as it is no light thing to him who prepares a banquet, and seeks the benefit of others. Nevertheless, for the sake of the gratitude of the many we will gladly endure the painful labor, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M22_28","053_2_28","2MA","2","28","28","leaving to the historian the exact handling of every particular, and again having no strength to fill in the outlines of our abridgement. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M22_29","053_2_29","2MA","2","29","29","For as the masterbuilder of a new house must care for the whole structure, and again he who undertakes to decorate and paint it must seek out the things fit for its adorning; even so I think it is also with us. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M22_30","053_2_30","2MA","2","30","30","To occupy the ground, and to indulge in long discussions, and to be curious in particulars, is fitting for the first author of the history; ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M22_31","053_2_31","2MA","2","31","31","but to strive after brevity of expression, and to avoid a labored fullness in the treatment, is to be granted to him who would bring a writing into a new form. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M22_32","053_2_32","2MA","2","32","32","Here then let’s begin the narration, only adding this much to that which has already been said; for it is a foolish thing to make a long prologue to the history, and to abridge the history itself. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M23_1","053_3_1","2MA","3","1","1","When the holy city was inhabited with unbroken peace and the laws were kept very well because of the godliness of Onias the high priest and his hatred of wickedness, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M23_2","053_3_2","2MA","3","2","2","it came to pass that even the kings themselves honored the place and glorified the temple with the noblest presents, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M23_3","053_3_3","2MA","3","3","3","so that even King Seleucus of Asia bore all the costs belonging to the services of the sacrifices out of his own revenues. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M23_4","053_3_4","2MA","3","4","4","But a man named Simon of the tribe of Benjamin, having been made guardian of the temple, disagreed with the high priest about the ruling of the market in the city. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M23_5","053_3_5","2MA","3","5","5","When he couldn’t overcome Onias, he went to Apollonius of Tarsus, who at that time was governor of Coelesyria and Phoenicia. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M23_6","053_3_6","2MA","3","6","6","He brought him word how that the treasury in Jerusalem was full of untold sums of money, so that the multitude of the funds was innumerable, and that they didn’t pertain to the account of the sacrifices, but that it was possible that these should fall under the king’s power. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M23_7","053_3_7","2MA","3","7","7","When Apollonius met the king, he informed him of the money about which he had been told. So the king appointed Heliodorus, who was his chancellor, and sent him with a command to accomplish the removal of the reported money. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M23_8","053_3_8","2MA","3","8","8","So Heliodorus set out on his journey at once, ostensibly to visit the cities of Coelesyria and Phoenicia, but in fact to execute the king’s purpose. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M23_9","053_3_9","2MA","3","9","9","When he had come to Jerusalem and had been courteously received by the high priest of the city, he told him about the information which had been given, and declared why he had come; and he inquired if in truth these things were so. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M23_10","053_3_10","2MA","3","10","10","The high priest explained to him that there were in the treasury deposits of widows and orphans, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M23_11","053_3_11","2MA","3","11","11","and moreover some money belonging to Hyrcanus the son of Tobias, a man in very high place, not as that impious Simon falsely alleged; and that in all there were four hundred talents of silver and two hundred of gold, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M23_12","053_3_12","2MA","3","12","12","and that it was altogether impossible that wrong should be done to those who had put trust in the holiness of the place, and in the majesty and inviolable sanctity of the temple, honored over all the world. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M23_13","053_3_13","2MA","3","13","13","But Heliodorus, because of the king’s command given him, said that in any case this money must be confiscated for the king’s treasury. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M23_14","053_3_14","2MA","3","14","14","So having appointed a day, he entered in to direct the inquiry concerning these matters; and there was no small distress throughout the whole city. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M23_15","053_3_15","2MA","3","15","15","The priests, prostrating themselves before the altar in their priestly garments, and called toward heaven upon him who gave the law concerning deposits, that he should preserve these treasures safe for those who had deposited them. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M23_16","053_3_16","2MA","3","16","16","Whoever saw the appearance of the high priest was wounded in mind; for his countenance and the change of his color betrayed the distress of his soul. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M23_17","053_3_17","2MA","3","17","17","For a terror and a shuddering of the body had come over the man, by which the pain that was in his heart was plainly shown to those who looked at him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M23_18","053_3_18","2MA","3","18","18","Those who were in the houses rushed out in crowds to make a universal supplication, because the place was about to come into dishonor. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M23_19","053_3_19","2MA","3","19","19","The women, girded with sackcloth under their breasts, thronged the streets. The virgins who were kept indoors ran together, some to the gates, others to the walls, and some looked out through the windows. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M23_20","053_3_20","2MA","3","20","20","All, stretching out their hands toward heaven, made their solemn supplication. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M23_21","053_3_21","2MA","3","21","21","Then it was pitiful to see the multitude prostrating themselves all mixed together, and the anxiety of the high priest in his great distress. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M23_22","053_3_22","2MA","3","22","22","While therefore they called upon the Almighty Lord to keep the things entrusted to them safe and secure for those who had entrusted them, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M23_23","053_3_23","2MA","3","23","23","Heliodorus went on to execute that which had been decreed. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M23_24","053_3_24","2MA","3","24","24","But when he was already present there with his guards near the treasury, the Sovereign of spirits and of all authority caused a great manifestation, so that all who had presumed to come with him, stricken with dismay at the power of God, fainted in terror. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M23_25","053_3_25","2MA","3","25","25","For they saw a horse with a frightening rider, adorned with beautiful trappings, and he rushed fiercely and struck at Heliodorus with his forefeet. It seemed like he who sat on the horse had complete armor of gold. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M23_26","053_3_26","2MA","3","26","26","Two others also appeared to him, young men notable in their strength, and beautiful in their glory, and splendid in their apparel, who stood by him on either side, and scourged him unceasingly, inflicting on him many sore stripes. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M23_27","053_3_27","2MA","3","27","27","When he had fallen suddenly to the ground, and great darkness had come over him, his guards picked him up and put him on a stretcher, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M23_28","053_3_28","2MA","3","28","28","and carried him—this man who had just now entered with a great retinue and all his guard into the aforesaid treasury, himself now brought to utter helplessness, manifestly made to recognize the sovereignty of God. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M23_29","053_3_29","2MA","3","29","29","So, while he, through the working of God, speechless and bereft of all hope and deliverance, lay prostrate, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M23_30","053_3_30","2MA","3","30","30","they blessed the Lord who acted marvelously for his own place. The temple, which a little before was full of terror and alarm, was filled with joy and gladness after the Almighty Lord appeared. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M23_31","053_3_31","2MA","3","31","31","But quickly some of Heliodorus’s familiar friends implored Onias to call upon the Most High to grant life to him who lay quite at the last gasp. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M23_32","053_3_32","2MA","3","32","32","The high priest, secretly fearing lest the king might come to think that some treachery toward Heliodorus had been perpetrated by the Jews, brought a sacrifice for the recovery of the man. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M23_33","053_3_33","2MA","3","33","33","But as the high priest was making the atoning sacrifice, the same young men appeared again to Heliodorus, arrayed in the same garments. They stood and said, “Give Onias the high priest great thanks, for for his sake the Lord has granted you life. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M23_34","053_3_34","2MA","3","34","34","See that you, since you have been scourged from heaven, proclaim to all men the sovereign majesty of God.” When they had spoken these words, they vanished out of sight. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M23_35","053_3_35","2MA","3","35","35","So Heliodorus, having offered a sacrifice to the Lord and vowed great vows to him who had saved his life, and having bidden Onias farewell, returned with his army to the king. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M23_36","053_3_36","2MA","3","36","36","He testified to all men the works of the greatest God, which he had seen with his eyes. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M23_37","053_3_37","2MA","3","37","37","When the king asked Heliodorus what sort of man was fit to be sent yet once again to Jerusalem, he said, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M23_38","053_3_38","2MA","3","38","38","“If you have any enemy or conspirator against the state, send him there, and you will receive him back well scourged, if he even escapes with his life; because truly there is some power of God in that place. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M23_39","053_3_39","2MA","3","39","39","For he who has his dwelling in heaven himself has his eyes on that place and helps it. Those who come to hurt it, he strikes and destroys.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M23_40","053_3_40","2MA","3","40","40","This was the history of Heliodorus and the keeping of the treasury. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_1","053_4_1","2MA","4","1","1","The previously mentioned Simon, who had given information about the money against his country, slandered Onias, saying that it was he who had incited Heliodorus and had been the real cause of these evils. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_2","053_4_2","2MA","4","2","2","He dared to call him a conspirator against the state who was actually the benefactor of the city, the guardian of his fellow countrymen, and a zealot for the laws. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_3","053_4_3","2MA","4","3","3","When his hatred grew so great that even murders were perpetrated through one of Simon’s approved agents, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_4","053_4_4","2MA","4","4","4","Onias, seeing the danger of the contention, and that Apollonius the son of Menestheus, the governor of Coelesyria and Phoenicia, was increasing Simon’s malice, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_5","053_4_5","2MA","4","5","5","appealed to the king, not to be an accuser of his fellow-citizens, but looking to the good of all the people, both public and private; ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_6","053_4_6","2MA","4","6","6","for he saw that without the king’s involvement it was impossible for the state to obtain peace any more, and that Simon would not cease from his madness. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_7","053_4_7","2MA","4","7","7","When Seleucus was deceased, and Antiochus, who was called Epiphanes, succeeded to the kingdom, Jason the brother of Onias supplanted his brother in the high priesthood, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_8","053_4_8","2MA","4","8","8","having promised to the king at an audience three hundred sixty talents of silver, and out of another fund eighty talents. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_9","053_4_9","2MA","4","9","9","In addition to this, he undertook to assign one hundred fifty more, if it might be allowed him through the king’s authority to set him up a gymnasium and a body of youths to be trained in it, and to register the inhabitants of Jerusalem as citizens of Antioch. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_10","053_4_10","2MA","4","10","10","When the king had assented, and Jason had taken possession of the office, he immediately shifted those of his own race to the Greek way of life. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_11","053_4_11","2MA","4","11","11","Setting aside the royal ordinances of special favor to the Jews, granted by the means of John the father of Eupolemus, who went on the mission to the Romans to establish friendship and alliance, and seeking to overthrow the lawful ways of living, he brought in new customs forbidden by the law. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_12","053_4_12","2MA","4","12","12","For he eagerly established a gymnasium under the citadel itself, and caused the noblest of the young men to wear the Greek hat. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_13","053_4_13","2MA","4","13","13","Thus there was an extreme of hellenization, and an advance of a foreign religion, by reason of the exceeding profaneness of Jason, who was an ungodly man and not a high priest; ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_14","053_4_14","2MA","4","14","14","so that the priests had no more any zeal for the services of the altar; but despising the sanctuary and neglecting the sacrifices, they hastened to enjoy that which was unlawfully provided in the wrestling arena, after the summons to the discus-throwing. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_15","053_4_15","2MA","4","15","15","They despised the honors of their fathers, and valued the prestige of the Greeks best of all. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_16","053_4_16","2MA","4","16","16","For this reason, severe calamity overtook them. The men whose ways of living they earnestly followed, and to whom they desired to be made like in all things, these became their enemies and punished them. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_17","053_4_17","2MA","4","17","17","For it is not a light thing to show irreverence to God’s laws, but later events will make this clear. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_18","053_4_18","2MA","4","18","18","Now when certain games that came every fifth year were kept at Tyre, and the king was present, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_19","053_4_19","2MA","4","19","19","the vile Jason sent sacred envoys, as being Antiochians of Jerusalem, bearing three hundred drachmas of silver to the sacrifice of Hercules, which even the bearers thereof thought not right to use for any sacrifice, because it was not fit, but to spend it for another purpose. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_20","053_4_20","2MA","4","20","20","Although the intended purpose of the sender this money was for the sacrifice of Hercules, yet on account of present circumstances it went to the construction of trireme warships. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_21","053_4_21","2MA","4","21","21","Now when Apollonius the son of Menestheus was sent into Egypt for the enthronement of Philometor as king, Antiochus, learning that Philometor had shown himself hostile toward the government, took precautions for the security of his realm. Therefore, going to Joppa, he travelled on to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_22","053_4_22","2MA","4","22","22","Being magnificently received by Jason and the city, he was brought in with torches and shouting. Then he led his army down into Phoenicia. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_23","053_4_23","2MA","4","23","23","Now after a space of three years, Jason sent Menelaus, the previously mentioned Simon’s brother, to carry the money to the king, and to make reports concerning some necessary matters. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_24","053_4_24","2MA","4","24","24","But he being commended to the king, and having been glorified by the display of his authority, secured the high priesthood for himself, outbidding Jason by three hundred talents of silver. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_25","053_4_25","2MA","4","25","25","After receiving the royal mandates, he returned bringing nothing worthy of the high priesthood, but having the passion of a cruel tyrant and the rage of a savage animal. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_26","053_4_26","2MA","4","26","26","So Jason, who had supplanted his own brother, was supplanted by another and driven as a fugitive into the country of the Ammonites, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_27","053_4_27","2MA","4","27","27","Menelaus had possession of the office; but of the money that had been promised to the king nothing was regularly paid, even though Sostratus the governor of the citadel demanded it— ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_28","053_4_28","2MA","4","28","28","for his job was the gathering of the revenues—so they were both called by the king to his presence. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_29","053_4_29","2MA","4","29","29","Menelaus left his own brother Lysimachus for his deputy in the high priesthood; and Sostratus left Crates, who was over the Cyprians. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_30","053_4_30","2MA","4","30","30","Now while this was the state of things, it came to pass that the people of Tarsus and Mallus revolted because they were to be given as a present to Antiochis, the king’s concubine. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_31","053_4_31","2MA","4","31","31","The king therefore quickly came to settle matters, leaving for his deputy Andronicus, a man of high rank. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_32","053_4_32","2MA","4","32","32","Then Menelaus, supposing that he had gotten a favorable opportunity, presented to Andronicus certain vessels of gold belonging to the temple, which he had stolen. He had already sold others into Tyre and the neighboring cities. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_33","053_4_33","2MA","4","33","33","When Onias had sure knowledge of this, he sharply reproved him, having withdrawn himself into a sanctuary at Daphne, that lies by Antioch. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_34","053_4_34","2MA","4","34","34","Therefore Menelaus, taking Andronicus aside, asked him to kill Onias. Coming to Onias, and being persuaded to use treachery, and being received as a friend, Andronicus gave him his right hand with oaths and, though he was suspicious, persuaded him to come out of the sanctuary. Then, with no regard for justice, he immediately put him to death. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_35","053_4_35","2MA","4","35","35","For this reason not only Jews, but many also of the other nations, had indignation and displeasure at the unjust murder of the man. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_36","053_4_36","2MA","4","36","36","And when the king had come back from the places in Cilicia, the Jews who were in the city appealed to him against Andronicus (the Greeks also joining with them in hatred of the wickedness), urging that Onias had been wrongfully slain. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_37","053_4_37","2MA","4","37","37","Antiochus therefore was heartily sorry, and was moved to pity, and wept, because of the sober and well ordered life of him who was dead. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_38","053_4_38","2MA","4","38","38","Being inflamed with anger, he immediately stripped off Andronicus’s purple robe, and tore off his under garments, and when he had led him round through the whole city to that very place where he had committed the outrage against Onias, there he put the murderer out of the way, the Lord rendering to him the punishment he had deserved. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_39","053_4_39","2MA","4","39","39","Now when many sacrileges had been committed in the city by Lysimachus with the consent of Menelaus, and when the report of them had spread abroad outside, the people gathered themselves together against Lysimachus, after many vessels of gold had already been stolen. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_40","053_4_40","2MA","4","40","40","When the multitudes were rising against him and were filled with anger, Lysimachus armed about three thousand men, and with unrighteous violence began the attack under the leadership of Hauran, a man far gone in years and no less also in folly. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_41","053_4_41","2MA","4","41","41","But when they perceived the assault of Lysimachus, some caught up stones, others logs of wood, and some took handfuls of the ashes that lay near, and they flung them all in wild confusion at Lysimachus and those who were with him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_42","053_4_42","2MA","4","42","42","As a result, they wounded many of them, they killed some, and they forced the rest of them to flee, but the author of the sacrilege himself they killed beside the treasury. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_43","053_4_43","2MA","4","43","43","But about these matters, there was an accusation laid against Menelaus. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_44","053_4_44","2MA","4","44","44","When the king had come to Tyre, the three men who were sent by the senate pleaded the cause before him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_45","053_4_45","2MA","4","45","45","But Menelaus, seeing himself now defeated, promised much money to Ptolemy the son of Dorymenes, that he might win over the king. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_46","053_4_46","2MA","4","46","46","Therefore Ptolemy taking the king aside into a cloister, as if to get some fresh air, convinced him to change his mind. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_47","053_4_47","2MA","4","47","47","He who was the cause of all the evil, Menelaus, he discharged from the accusations; but these hapless men, who, if they had pleaded even before Scythians, would have been discharged uncondemned, them he sentenced to death. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_48","053_4_48","2MA","4","48","48","Those who were spokesmen for the city and the families of Israel and the holy vessels soon suffered that unrighteous penalty. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_49","053_4_49","2MA","4","49","49","Therefore even certain Tyrians, moved with hatred of the wickedness, provided magnificently for their burial. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M24_50","053_4_50","2MA","4","50","50","But Menelaus, through the covetous dealings of those who were in power, remained still in his office, growing in wickedness, established as a great conspirator against his fellow-citizens. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M25_1","053_5_1","2MA","5","1","1","Now about this time Antiochus made his second invasion into Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M25_2","053_5_2","2MA","5","2","2","It happened that throughout all the city, for almost forty days, cavalry appeared in the midst of the sky in swift motion, wearing robes woven with gold and carrying spears, equipped with troops for battle— ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M25_3","053_5_3","2MA","5","3","3","drawing swords, squadrons of cavalry in array, encounters and pursuits of both armies, shaking shields, multitudes of lances, throwing of missiles, flashing of golden trappings, and putting on all sorts of armor. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M25_4","053_5_4","2MA","5","4","4","Therefore everyone prayed that the manifestation might have been given for good. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M25_5","053_5_5","2MA","5","5","5","When a false rumor had arisen that Antiochus was dead, Jason took not less than a thousand men, and suddenly made an assault upon the city. When those who were on the wall were being routed, and the city was at length nearly taken, Menelaus took refuge in the citadel. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M25_6","053_5_6","2MA","5","6","6","But Jason slaughtered his own citizens without mercy, not considering that good success against kinsmen is the greatest misfortune, but supposing himself to be setting up trophies over enemies, and not over fellow-countrymen. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M25_7","053_5_7","2MA","5","7","7","He didn’t win control of the government, but receiving shame as the result of his conspiracy, he fled again as a fugitive into the country of the Ammonites. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M25_8","053_5_8","2MA","5","8","8","At last therefore he met with a miserable end. Having been imprisoned at the court of Aretas the prince of the Arabians, fleeing from city to city, pursued by all men, hated as an rebel against the laws, and abhorred as the executioner of his country and his fellow citizens, he was cast ashore in Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M25_9","053_5_9","2MA","5","9","9","He who had driven many from their own country into exile perished in exile, having crossed the sea to the Lacedaemonians, hoping to find shelter there because they were near of kin. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M25_10","053_5_10","2MA","5","10","10","He who had thrown out a multitude unburied had none to mourn for him. He didn’t have any funeral at all and no place in the tomb of his ancestors. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M25_11","053_5_11","2MA","5","11","11","Now when news came to the king concerning that which was done, he thought that Judea was in revolt. So, setting out from Egypt in a rage, he took the city by force of weapons, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M25_12","053_5_12","2MA","5","12","12","and commanded his soldiers to cut down without mercy those who came in their way, and to kill those who went into their houses. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M25_13","053_5_13","2MA","5","13","13","Then there was killing of young and old, destruction of boys, women, and children, and slaying of virgins and infants. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M25_14","053_5_14","2MA","5","14","14","In a total of three days, eighty thousand were destroyed, of which forty thousand were slain in close combat, and no fewer were sold into slavery than slain. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M25_15","053_5_15","2MA","5","15","15","Not content with this, he presumed to enter into the most holy temple of all the earth, having Menelaus for his guide (who had proved himself a traitor both to the laws and to his country), ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M25_16","053_5_16","2MA","5","16","16","even taking the sacred vessels with his polluted hands, and dragging down with his profane hands the offerings that had been dedicated by other kings to enhance the glory and honor of the place. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M25_17","053_5_17","2MA","5","17","17","Antiochus was lifted up in mind, not seeing that because of the sins of those who lived in the city the Sovereign Lord had been provoked to anger a little while, and therefore his eye was turned away from the place. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M25_18","053_5_18","2MA","5","18","18","But had it not been so that they were already bound by many sins, this man, even as Heliodorus who was sent by King Seleucus to view the treasury, would, as soon as he came forward, have been scourged and turned back from his daring deed. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M25_19","053_5_19","2MA","5","19","19","However the Lord didn’t choose the nation for the place’s sake, but the place for the nation’s sake. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M25_20","053_5_20","2MA","5","20","20","Therefore also the place itself, having shared in the calamities that happened to the nation, did afterward share in its benefits; and the place which was forsaken in the wrath of the Almighty was, at the reconciliation of the great Sovereign, restored again with all glory. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M25_21","053_5_21","2MA","5","21","21","As for Antiochus, when he had carried away out of the temple one thousand eight hundred talents, he hurried away to Antioch, thinking in his arrogance that he could sail on land and walk on the sea, because his heart was lifted up. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M25_22","053_5_22","2MA","5","22","22","Moreover he left governors to afflict the race: at Jerusalem, Philip, by race a Phrygian, and in character more barbarous than him who set him there; ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M25_23","053_5_23","2MA","5","23","23","and at Gerizim, Andronicus; and besides these, Menelaus, who worse than all the rest, exalted himself against his fellow-citizens. Having a malicious mind toward the Jews whom he had made his citizens, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M25_24","053_5_24","2MA","5","24","24","he sent that lord of pollutions Apollonius with an army of twenty-two thousand, commanding him to kill all those who were of full age, and to sell the women and the boys as slaves. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M25_25","053_5_25","2MA","5","25","25","He came to Jerusalem, and pretending to be a man of peace, waited till the holy day of the Sabbath, and finding the Jews at rest from work, he commanded his men to parade fully armed. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M25_26","053_5_26","2MA","5","26","26","He put to the sword all those who came out to the spectacle. Running into the city with the armed men, he killed great multitudes. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M25_27","053_5_27","2MA","5","27","27","But Judas, who is also called Maccabaeus, with about nine others, withdrew himself, and with his company kept himself alive in the mountains like wild animals do. They continued feeding on what grew wild, that they might not be partakers of the defilement. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M26_1","053_6_1","2MA","6","1","1","Not long after this, the king sent out an old man of Athens to compel the Jews to depart from the laws of their fathers and not to live by the laws of God, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M26_2","053_6_2","2MA","6","2","2","and also to pollute the sanctuary in Jerusalem and to call it by the name of Olympian Zeus, and to call the sanctuary in Gerizim by the name of Zeus the Protector of foreigners, even as the people who lived in that place did. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M26_3","053_6_3","2MA","6","3","3","The visitation of this evil was harsh and utterly grievous. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M26_4","053_6_4","2MA","6","4","4","For the temple was filled with debauchery and reveling by the heathen, who dallied with prostitutes, and had intercourse with women within the sacred precincts, and moreover brought inside things that were not appropriate. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M26_5","053_6_5","2MA","6","5","5","The altar was filled with those abominable things which had been prohibited by the laws. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M26_6","053_6_6","2MA","6","6","6","A man could neither keep the Sabbath, nor observe the feasts of their ancestors, nor so much as confess himself to be a Jew. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M26_7","053_6_7","2MA","6","7","7","On the day of the king’s birth every month, they were led along with bitter constraint to eat of the sacrifices. When the feast of Dionysia came, they were compelled to go in procession in honor of Dionysus, wearing wreaths of ivy. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M26_8","053_6_8","2MA","6","8","8","A decree went out to the neighboring Greek cities, by the suggestion of Ptolemy, that they should observe the same conduct against the Jews, and should make them eat of the sacrifices, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M26_9","053_6_9","2MA","6","9","9","and that they should kill those who didn’t choose to go over to the Greek rites. So the present misery was for all to see. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M26_10","053_6_10","2MA","6","10","10","For example, two women were brought in for having circumcised their children. These, when they had led them publicly around the city with the babes hung from their breasts, they threw down headlong from the wall. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M26_11","053_6_11","2MA","6","11","11","Others who had run together into the caves nearby to keep the seventh day secretly, were betrayed to Philip and were all burned together, because their piety kept them from defending themselves, in view of the honor of that most solemn day. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M26_12","053_6_12","2MA","6","12","12","I urge those who read this book to not be discouraged because of the calamities, but recognize that these punishments were not for the destruction, but for the chastening of our race. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M26_13","053_6_13","2MA","6","13","13","For indeed it is a sign of great kindness that those who act impiously are not let alone for a long time, but immediately meet with retribution. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M26_14","053_6_14","2MA","6","14","14","For in the case of the other nations, the Sovereign Lord waits patiently to punish them until they have attained to the full measure of their sins; but not with us, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M26_15","053_6_15","2MA","6","15","15","that he may not take vengeance on us afterward, when we have come to the height of our sins. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M26_16","053_6_16","2MA","6","16","16","Therefore he never withdraws his mercy from us; but though he chastens with calamity, he doesn’t forsake his own people. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M26_17","053_6_17","2MA","6","17","17","However let this that we have spoken suffice to remind you; but after a few words, we must come to the narrative. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M26_18","053_6_18","2MA","6","18","18","Eleazar, one of the principal scribes, a man already well advanced in years, and of a noble countenance, was compelled to open his mouth to eat swine’s flesh. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M26_19","053_6_19","2MA","6","19","19","But he, welcoming death with honor rather than life with defilement, advanced of his own accord to the instrument of torture, but first spat out the flesh, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M26_20","053_6_20","2MA","6","20","20","as men ought to come who are resolute to repel such things as not even for the natural love of life is it lawful to taste. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M26_21","053_6_21","2MA","6","21","21","But those who had the charge of that forbidden sacrificial feast took the man aside, for the acquaintance which of old times they had with him, and privately implored him to bring flesh of his own providing, such as was proper for him to use, and to make as if he did eat of the flesh from the sacrifice, as had been commanded by the king; ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M26_22","053_6_22","2MA","6","22","22","that by so doing he might be delivered from death, and so his ancient friendship with them might be treated kindly. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M26_23","053_6_23","2MA","6","23","23","But he, having formed a high resolve, and one that became his years, the dignity of old age, and the gray hairs which he had reached with honor, and his excellent education from a child, or rather the holy laws of God’s ordaining, declared his mind accordingly, bidding them to quickly send him to Hades. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M26_24","053_6_24","2MA","6","24","24","“For it doesn’t become our years to dissemble,” he said, “that many of the young should suppose that Eleazar, the man of ninety years, had gone over to an alien religion; ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M26_25","053_6_25","2MA","6","25","25","and so they, by reason of my deception, and for the sake of this brief and momentary life, would be led astray because of me, and I defile and disgrace myself in my old age. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M26_26","053_6_26","2MA","6","26","26","For even if for the present time I would remove from me the punishment of men, yet whether I live or die, I wouldn’t escape the hands of the Almighty. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M26_27","053_6_27","2MA","6","27","27","Therefore, by bravely parting with my life now, I will show myself worthy of my old age, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M26_28","053_6_28","2MA","6","28","28","and leave behind a noble example to the young to die willingly and nobly a glorious death for the revered and holy laws.” When he had said these words, he went immediately to the instrument of torture. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M26_29","053_6_29","2MA","6","29","29","When they changed the good will they bore toward him a little before into ill will because these words of his were, as they thought, sheer madness, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M26_30","053_6_30","2MA","6","30","30","and when he was at the point to die with the blows, he groaned aloud and said, “To the Lord, who has the holy knowledge, it is manifest that, while I might have been delivered from death, I endure severe pains in my body by being scourged; but in soul I gladly suffer these things because of my fear of him.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M26_31","053_6_31","2MA","6","31","31","So this man also died like this, leaving his death for an example of nobleness and a memorial of virtue, not only to the young but also to the great body of his nation. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_1","053_7_1","2MA","7","1","1","It came to pass that seven brothers and their mother were at the king’s command taken and shamefully handled with scourges and cords, to compel them to taste of the abominable swine’s flesh. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_2","053_7_2","2MA","7","2","2","One of them made himself the spokesman and said, “What would you ask and learn from us? For we are ready to die rather than transgress the laws of our ancestors.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_3","053_7_3","2MA","7","3","3","The king fell into a rage, and commanded that pans and caldrons be heated. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_4","053_7_4","2MA","7","4","4","When these were immediately heated, he gave orders to cut out the tongue of him who had been their spokesman, and to scalp him, and to cut off his extremities, with the rest of his brothers and his mother looking on. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_5","053_7_5","2MA","7","5","5","And when he was utterly maimed, the king gave orders to bring him to the fire, being yet alive, and to fry him in the pan. And as the smoke from the pan spread far, they and their mother also exhorted one another to die nobly, saying this: ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_6","053_7_6","2MA","7","6","6","“The Lord God sees, and in truth is entreated for us, as Moses declared in his song, which witnesses against the people to their faces, saying, ‘And he will have compassion on his servants.’” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_7","053_7_7","2MA","7","7","7","And when the first had died like this, they brought the second to the mocking; and they pulled off the skin of his head with the hair and asked him, “Will you eat, before your body is punished in every limb?” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_8","053_7_8","2MA","7","8","8","But he answered in the language of his ancestors and said to them, “No.” Therefore he also underwent the next torture in succession, as the first had done. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_9","053_7_9","2MA","7","9","9","When he was at the last gasp, he said, “You, miscreant, release us out of this present life, but the King of the world will raise us who have died for his laws up to an everlasting renewal of life.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_10","053_7_10","2MA","7","10","10","After him, the third was made a victim of their mocking. When he was required, he quickly put out his tongue, and stretched out his hands courageously, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_11","053_7_11","2MA","7","11","11","and nobly said, “I got these from heaven. For his laws’ sake I treat these with contempt. From him, I hope to receive these back again.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_12","053_7_12","2MA","7","12","12","As a result, the king himself and those who were with him were astonished at the young man’s soul, for he regarded the pains as nothing. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_13","053_7_13","2MA","7","13","13","When he too was dead, they shamefully handled and tortured the fourth in the same way. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_14","053_7_14","2MA","7","14","14","Being near to death he said this: “It is good to die at the hands of men and look for the hope which is given by God, that we will be raised up again by him. For as for you, you will have no resurrection to life.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_15","053_7_15","2MA","7","15","15","Next after him, they brought the fifth and shamefully handled him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_16","053_7_16","2MA","7","16","16","But he looked toward the king and said, “Because you have authority among men, though you are corruptible, you do what you please. But don’t think that our race has been forsaken by God. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_17","053_7_17","2MA","7","17","17","But hold on to your ways, and see how his sovereign majesty will torture you and your descendants!” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_18","053_7_18","2MA","7","18","18","After him they brought the sixth. When he was about to die, he said, “Don’t be vainly deceived, for we suffer these things for our own doings, as sinning against our own God. Astounding things have come to pass; ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_19","053_7_19","2MA","7","19","19","but don’t think you that you will be unpunished, having tried to fight against God!” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_20","053_7_20","2MA","7","20","20","But above all, the mother was marvelous and worthy of honorable memory; for when she watched seven sons perishing within the space of one day, she bore the sight with a good courage because of her hope in the Lord. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_21","053_7_21","2MA","7","21","21","She exhorted each one of them in the language of their fathers, filled with a noble spirit and stirring up her woman’s thoughts with manly courage, saying to them, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_22","053_7_22","2MA","7","22","22","“I don’t know how you came into my womb. It wasn’t I who gave you your spirit and your life. It wasn’t I who brought into order the first elements of each one of you. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_23","053_7_23","2MA","7","23","23","Therefore the Creator of the world, who shaped the first origin of man and devised the first origin of all things, in mercy gives back to you again both your spirit and your life, as you now treat yourselves with contempt for his laws’ sake.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_24","053_7_24","2MA","7","24","24","But Antiochus, thinking himself to be despised, and suspecting the reproachful voice, while the youngest was yet alive didn’t only make his appeal to him by words, but also at the same time promised with oaths that he would enrich him and raise him to high honor if he would turn from the ways of his ancestors, and that he would take him for his friend and entrust him with public affairs. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_25","053_7_25","2MA","7","25","25","But when the young man would in no way listen, the king called to him his mother, and urged her to advise the youth to save himself. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_26","053_7_26","2MA","7","26","26","When he had urged her with many words, she undertook to persuade her son. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_27","053_7_27","2MA","7","27","27","But bending toward him, laughing the cruel tyrant to scorn, she spoke this in the language of her fathers: “My son, have pity upon me who carried you nine months in my womb, and nursed you three years, and nourished and brought you up to this age, and sustained you. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_28","053_7_28","2MA","7","28","28","I beg you, my child, to lift your eyes to the sky and the earth, and to see all things that are in it, and thus to recognize that God made them not of things that were, and that the race of men in this way comes into being. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_29","053_7_29","2MA","7","29","29","Don’t be afraid of this butcher, but, proving yourself worthy of your brothers, accept your death, that in God’s mercy I may receive you again with your brothers.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_30","053_7_30","2MA","7","30","30","But before she had finished speaking, the young man said, “What are you all waiting for? I don’t obey the commandment of the king, but I listen to the commandment of the law that was given to our fathers through Moses. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_31","053_7_31","2MA","7","31","31","But you, who have devised all kinds of evil against the Hebrews, will in no way escape God’s hands. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_32","053_7_32","2MA","7","32","32","For we are suffering because of our own sins. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_33","053_7_33","2MA","7","33","33","If for rebuke and chastening, our living Lord has been angered a little while, yet he will again be reconciled with his own servants. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_34","053_7_34","2MA","7","34","34","But you, O unholy man and of all most vile, don’t be vainly lifted up in your wild pride with uncertain hopes, raising your hand against the heavenly children. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_35","053_7_35","2MA","7","35","35","For you have not yet escaped the judgment of the Almighty God who sees all things. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_36","053_7_36","2MA","7","36","36","For these our brothers, having endured a short pain that brings everlasting life, have now died under God’s covenant. But you, through God’s judgment, will receive in just measure the penalties of your arrogance. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_37","053_7_37","2MA","7","37","37","But I, as my brothers, give up both body and soul for the laws of our fathers, calling upon God that he may speedily become gracious to the nation, and that you, amidst trials and plagues, may confess that he alone is God, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_38","053_7_38","2MA","7","38","38","and that in me and my brothers you may bring to an end the wrath of the Almighty which has been justly brought upon our whole race.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_39","053_7_39","2MA","7","39","39","But the king, falling into a rage, handled him worse than all the rest, being exasperated at his mocking. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_40","053_7_40","2MA","7","40","40","So he also died pure, putting his whole trust in the Lord. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_41","053_7_41","2MA","7","41","41","Last of all, after her sons, the mother died. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M27_42","053_7_42","2MA","7","42","42","Let it then suffice to have said thus much concerning the sacrificial feasts and the extreme tortures. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M28_1","053_8_1","2MA","8","1","1","But Judas, who is also called Maccabaeus, and those who were with him, making their way secretly into the villages, called to them their kindred. Taking to them those who had continued in the Jews’ religion, gathered together about six thousand. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M28_2","053_8_2","2MA","8","2","2","They called upon the Lord to look at the people who were oppressed by all, and to have compassion on the sanctuary that had been profaned by the ungodly men, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M28_3","053_8_3","2MA","8","3","3","and to have pity on the city that was suffering ruin and ready to be leveled to the ground, and to listen to the blood that cried out to him, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M28_4","053_8_4","2MA","8","4","4","and to remember the lawless destruction of the innocent infants, and concerning the blasphemies that had been committed against his name, and to show his hatred of wickedness. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M28_5","053_8_5","2MA","8","5","5","When Maccabaeus had trained his men for service, the heathen at once found him irresistible, for the wrath of the Lord was turned into mercy. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M28_6","053_8_6","2MA","8","6","6","Coming without warning, he set fire to cities and villages. And in winning back the most important positions, putting to flight no small number of the enemies, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M28_7","053_8_7","2MA","8","7","7","he especially took advantage of the nights for such assaults. His courage was loudly talked of everywhere. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M28_8","053_8_8","2MA","8","8","8","But when Philip saw the man gaining ground little by little, and increasing more and more in his success, he wrote to Ptolemy, the governor of Coelesyria and Phoenicia, that he should support the king’s cause. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M28_9","053_8_9","2MA","8","9","9","Ptolemy quickly appointed Nicanor the son of Patroclus, one of the king’s chief friends, and sent him, in command of no fewer than twenty thousand of all nations, to destroy the whole race of Judea. With him he joined Gorgias also, a captain and one who had experience in matters of war. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M28_10","053_8_10","2MA","8","10","10","Nicanor resolved by the sale of the captive Jews to make up for the king the tribute of two thousand talents which he was to pay to the Romans. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M28_11","053_8_11","2MA","8","11","11","Immediately he sent to the cities upon the sea coast, inviting them to buy Jewish slaves, promising to deliver seventy slaves for a talent, not expecting the judgment that was to overtake him from the Almighty. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M28_12","053_8_12","2MA","8","12","12","News came to Judas concerning Nicanor’s invasion. When he communicated to those who were with him the presence of the army, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M28_13","053_8_13","2MA","8","13","13","those who were cowardly and distrustful of God’s judgment ran away and left the country. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M28_14","053_8_14","2MA","8","14","14","Others sold all that they had left, and at the same time implored the Lord to deliver those who had been sold as slaves by the impious Nicanor before he ever met them, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M28_15","053_8_15","2MA","8","15","15","if not for their own sakes, then for the covenants made with their ancestors, and because he had called them by his holy and glorious name. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M28_16","053_8_16","2MA","8","16","16","So Maccabaeus gathered his men together, six thousand in number, and exhorted them not to be frightened by the enemy, nor to fear the great multitude of the heathen who came wrongfully against them, but to fight nobly, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M28_17","053_8_17","2MA","8","17","17","setting before their eyes the outrage that had been lawlessly perpetrated upon the holy place, and the torture of the city that had been turned to mockery, and further the overthrow of the way of life received from their ancestors. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M28_18","053_8_18","2MA","8","18","18","“For they,” he said, “trust their weapons and daring deeds, but we trust in the almighty God, since he is able at a nod to cast down those who are coming against us, and even the whole world.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M28_19","053_8_19","2MA","8","19","19","Moreover, he recounted to them the help given from time to time in the days of their ancestors, both in the days of Sennacherib, when one hundred eighty-five thousand perished, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M28_20","053_8_20","2MA","8","20","20","and in the land of Babylon, in the battle that was fought against the Gauls, how they came to the battle with eight thousand in all, with four thousand Macedonians, and how, the Macedonians being hard pressed, the six thousand destroyed the hundred and twenty thousand because of the help which they had from heaven, and took a great deal of plunder. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M28_21","053_8_21","2MA","8","21","21","And when he had with these words filled them with courage and made them ready to die for the laws and their country, he divided his army into four parts. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M28_22","053_8_22","2MA","8","22","22","He appointed his brothers, Simon, Joseph, and Jonathan, to be leaders of the divisions with him, giving each the command of one thousand five hundred men. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M28_23","053_8_23","2MA","8","23","23","Moreover Eleazer also, having read aloud the sacred book, and having given as watchword, “THE HELP OF GOD”, leading the first band himself, joined battle with Nicanor. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M28_24","053_8_24","2MA","8","24","24","Since the Almighty fought on their side, they killed more than nine thousand of the enemy, and wounded and disabled most of Nicanor’s army, and compelled them all to flee. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M28_25","053_8_25","2MA","8","25","25","They took the money of those who had come there to buy them as slaves. After they had pursued them for some distance, they returned, being constrained by the time of the day; ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M28_26","053_8_26","2MA","8","26","26","for it was the day before the Sabbath, and for this reason they made no effort to chase them far. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M28_27","053_8_27","2MA","8","27","27","When they had gathered the weapons of the enemy together, and had stripped off their spoils, they kept the Sabbath, greatly blessing and thanking the Lord who had saved them to this day, because he had begun to show mercy to them. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M28_28","053_8_28","2MA","8","28","28","After the Sabbath, when they had given some of the spoils to the maimed, and to the widows and orphans, they distributed the rest among themselves and their children. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M28_29","053_8_29","2MA","8","29","29","When they had accomplished these things and had made a common supplication, they implored the merciful Lord to be wholly reconciled with his servants. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M28_30","053_8_30","2MA","8","30","30","Having had an encounter with the forces of Timotheus and Bacchides, they killed more than twenty thousand of them, and made themselves masters of exceedingly high strongholds, and divided very much plunder, giving the maimed, orphans, widows, and the aged an equal share with themselves. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M28_31","053_8_31","2MA","8","31","31","When they had gathered the weapons of the enemy together, they stored them all up carefully in the most strategic positions, and they carried the rest of the spoils to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M28_32","053_8_32","2MA","8","32","32","They killed the phylarch of Timotheus’s forces, a most unholy man, and one who had done the Jews much harm. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M28_33","053_8_33","2MA","8","33","33","As they celebrated the feast of victory in the city of their fathers, they burned those who had set the sacred gates on fire, including Callisthenes, who had fled into a little house. So they received the proper reward for their impiety. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M28_34","053_8_34","2MA","8","34","34","The thrice-accursed Nicanor, who had brought the thousand merchants to buy the Jews as slaves, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M28_35","053_8_35","2MA","8","35","35","being through the help of the Lord humbled by them who in his eyes were held to be of least account, took off his glorious apparel, and passing through the country, shunning all company like a fugitive slave, arrived at Antioch, having, as he thought, had the greatest possible good fortune, though his army was destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M28_36","053_8_36","2MA","8","36","36","He who had taken upon himself to make tribute sure for the Romans by the captivity of the men of Jerusalem published abroad that the Jews had One who fought for them, and that because this was so, the Jews were invulnerable, because they followed the laws ordained by him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M29_1","053_9_1","2MA","9","1","1","Now about that time, Antiochus retreated in disorder from the region of Persia. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M29_2","053_9_2","2MA","9","2","2","For he had entered into the city called Persepolis, and he attempted to rob a temple and to control the city. Therefore the multitudes rushed in and the people of the country turned to defend themselves with weapons; and it came to pass that Antiochus was put to flight by the people of the country and broke his camp with disgrace. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M29_3","053_9_3","2MA","9","3","3","While he was at Ecbatana, news was brought to him about what had happened to Nicanor and the forces of Timotheus. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M29_4","053_9_4","2MA","9","4","4","Being overcome by his anger, he planned to make the Jews suffer for the evil deeds of those who had put him to flight. Therefore, with judgment from heaven even now accompanying him, he ordered his charioteer to drive without ceasing until he completed the journey; for he arrogantly said this: “I will make Jerusalem a common graveyard of Jews when I come there.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M29_5","053_9_5","2MA","9","5","5","But the All-seeing Lord, the God of Israel, struck him with a fatal and invisible stroke. As soon as he had finished speaking this word, an incurable pain of the bowels seized him, with bitter torments of the inner parts— ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M29_6","053_9_6","2MA","9","6","6","and that most justly, for he had tormented other men’s bowels with many and strange sufferings. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M29_7","053_9_7","2MA","9","7","7","But he in no way ceased from his rude insolence. No, he was filled with even more arrogance, breathing fire in his passion against the Jews, and giving orders to hasten the journey. But it came to pass moreover that he fell from his chariot as it rushed along, and having a grievous fall was tortured in all of the members of his body. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M29_8","053_9_8","2MA","9","8","8","He who had just supposed himself to have the waves of the sea at his bidding because he was so superhumanly arrogant, and who thought to weigh the heights of the mountains in a balance, was now brought to the ground and carried in a litter, showing to all that the power was obviously God’s, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M29_9","053_9_9","2MA","9","9","9","so that worms swarmed out of the impious man’s body, and while he was still living in anguish and pains, his flesh fell off, and by reason of the stench all the army turned with loathing from his decay. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M29_10","053_9_10","2MA","9","10","10","The man who a little before supposed himself to touch the stars of heaven, no one could endure to carry because of his intolerable stench. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M29_11","053_9_11","2MA","9","11","11","Therefore he began in great part to cease from his arrogance, being broken in spirit, and to come to knowledge under the scourge of God, his pains increasing every moment. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M29_12","053_9_12","2MA","9","12","12","When he himself could not stand his own smell, he said these words: “It is right to be subject to God, and that one who is mortal should not think they are equal to God.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M29_13","053_9_13","2MA","9","13","13","The vile man vowed to the sovereign Lord, who now no more would have pity upon him, saying ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M29_14","053_9_14","2MA","9","14","14","that the holy city, to which he was going in haste to lay it even with the ground and to make it a common graveyard, he would declare free. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M29_15","053_9_15","2MA","9","15","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. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M29_16","053_9_16","2MA","9","16","16","The holy sanctuary, which before he had plundered, he would adorn with 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. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M29_17","053_9_17","2MA","9","17","17","Beside all this, he said that he would become a Jew and would visit every inhabited place, proclaiming the power of God. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M29_18","053_9_18","2MA","9","18","18","But when his sufferings did in no way cease, for the judgment of God had come upon him in righteousness, having given up all hope for himself, he wrote to the Jews the letter written below, having the nature of a supplication, to this effect: ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M29_19","053_9_19","2MA","9","19","19","“To the worthy Jewish citizens, Antiochus, king and general, wishes much joy and health and prosperity. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M29_20","053_9_20","2MA","9","20","20","May you and your children fare well, and may your affairs be as you wish. Having my hope in heaven, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M29_21","053_9_21","2MA","9","21","21","I remembered with affection your honor and good will. Returning out of the region of Persia, and being taken with an annoying sickness, I deemed it necessary to take thought for the common safety of all, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M29_22","053_9_22","2MA","9","22","22","not despairing of myself, but having great hope to escape from the sickness. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M29_23","053_9_23","2MA","9","23","23","But considering that my father also, at the time he led an army into the upper country, appointed his successor, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M29_24","053_9_24","2MA","9","24","24","to the end that, if anything fell out contrary to expectation, or if any unwelcome tidings were brought, the people in the country, knowing to whom the state had been left, might not be troubled, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M29_25","053_9_25","2MA","9","25","25","and, moreover, observing how the princes who are along the borders and neighbors to my kingdom watch for opportunities and look for the future event, I have appointed my son Antiochus to be king, whom I often entrusted and commended to most of you when I was hurrying to the upper provinces. I have written to him what is written below. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M29_26","053_9_26","2MA","9","26","26","I therefore urge you and beg you, having in your remembrance the benefits done to you in common and severally, to preserve your present good will, each of you, toward me and my son. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M29_27","053_9_27","2MA","9","27","27","For I am persuaded that he in gentleness and kindness will follow my purpose and treat you with moderation and kindness. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M29_28","053_9_28","2MA","9","28","28","So the murderer and blasphemer, having endured the most intense sufferings, even as he had dealt with other men, ended his life among the mountains by a most piteous fate in a strange land. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M29_29","053_9_29","2MA","9","29","29","Philip his foster brother took the body home and then, fearing the son of Antiochus, he withdrew himself to Ptolemy Philometor in Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M210_1","053_10_1","2MA","10","1","1","Then Maccabaeus and those who were with him, the Lord leading them on, recovered the temple and the city. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M210_2","053_10_2","2MA","10","2","2","They pulled down the altars that had been built in the marketplace by the foreigners, and also the sacred enclosures. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M210_3","053_10_3","2MA","10","3","3","Having cleansed the sanctuary, they made another altar of sacrifice. Striking flint and starting a fire, they offered sacrifices after they had ceased for two years, burned incense, lit lamps, and set out the show bread. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M210_4","053_10_4","2MA","10","4","4","When they had done these things, they fell prostrate and implored the Lord that they might fall no more into such evils; but that, if they ever did sin, they might be chastened by him with forbearance, and not be delivered to blaspheming and barbarous heathen. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M210_5","053_10_5","2MA","10","5","5","Now on the same day that the sanctuary was profaned by foreigners, upon that very day it came to pass that the sanctuary was cleansed, even on the twenty-fifth day of the same month, which is Chislev. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M210_6","053_10_6","2MA","10","6","6","They observed eight days with gladness in the manner of the feast of tabernacles, remembering how not long before, during the feast of tabernacles, they were wandering in the mountains and in the caves like wild animals. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M210_7","053_10_7","2MA","10","7","7","Therefore carrying wands wreathed with leaves, and beautiful branches, and palm fronds also, they offered up hymns of thanksgiving to him who had successfully brought to pass the cleansing of his own place. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M210_8","053_10_8","2MA","10","8","8","They ordained also with a public statute and decree, for all the nation of the Jews, that they should observe these days every year. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M210_9","053_10_9","2MA","10","9","9","Such were the events of the end of Antiochus, who was called Epiphanes. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M210_10","053_10_10","2MA","10","10","10","Now we will declare what came to pass under Antiochus Eupator, who proved himself a son of that ungodly man, and will summarize the main evils of the wars. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M210_11","053_10_11","2MA","10","11","11","For this man, when he succeeded to the kingdom, appointed one Lysias to be chancellor and supreme governor of Coelesyria and Phoenicia. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M210_12","053_10_12","2MA","10","12","12","For Ptolemy who was called Macron, setting an example of observing justice toward the Jews because of the wrong that had been done to them, endeavored to deal with them on peaceful terms. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M210_13","053_10_13","2MA","10","13","13","Whereupon being accused by the king’s friends before Eupator, and hearing himself called traitor at every turn because he had abandoned Cyprus which Philometor had entrusted to him, and had withdrawn himself to Antiochus Epiphanes, and failing to uphold the honor of his office, he took poison and did away with himself. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M210_14","053_10_14","2MA","10","14","14","But when Gorgias was made governor of the district, he maintained a force of mercenaries, and at every turn kept up war with the Jews. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M210_15","053_10_15","2MA","10","15","15","Together with him the Idumaeans also, being masters of important strongholds, harassed the Jews; and received those who had taken refuge from Jerusalem, they endeavored to keep up the war. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M210_16","053_10_16","2MA","10","16","16","But Maccabaeus and his men, having made solemn supplication and having implored God to fight on their side, rushed upon the strongholds of the Idumaeans. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M210_17","053_10_17","2MA","10","17","17","Assaulting them vigorously, they took control of the positions, and kept off all who fought upon the wall, and killed those whom they encountered, killing no fewer than twenty thousand. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M210_18","053_10_18","2MA","10","18","18","Because no fewer than nine thousand had fled into two very strong towers having everything needed for a seige, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M210_19","053_10_19","2MA","10","19","19","Maccabaeus, having left Simon and Joseph, and also Zacchaeus and those who were with him, a force sufficient to besiege them, departed himself to places where he was most needed. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M210_20","053_10_20","2MA","10","20","20","But Simon and those who were with him, yielding to covetousness, were bribed by some of those who were in the towers, and receiving seventy thousand drachmas, let some of them slip away. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M210_21","053_10_21","2MA","10","21","21","But when word was brought to Maccabaeus of what was done, he gathered the leaders of the people together, and accused those men of having sold their kindred for money by setting their enemies free to fight against them. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M210_22","053_10_22","2MA","10","22","22","So he killed these men for having turned traitors, and immediately took possession of the two towers. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M210_23","053_10_23","2MA","10","23","23","Prospering with his weapons in everything he undertook, he destroyed more than twenty thousand in the two strongholds. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M210_24","053_10_24","2MA","10","24","24","Now Timotheus, who had been defeated by the Jews before, having gathered together foreign forces in great multitudes, and having collected the cavalry which belonged to Asia, not a few, came as though he would take Judea by force of weapons. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M210_25","053_10_25","2MA","10","25","25","But as he drew near, Maccabaeus and his men sprinkled dirt on their heads and girded their loins with sackcloth, in supplication to God, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M210_26","053_10_26","2MA","10","26","26","and falling down upon the step in front of the altar, implored him to become gracious to them, and be an enemy to their enemies and an adversary to their adversaries, as the law declares. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M210_27","053_10_27","2MA","10","27","27","Rising from their prayer they took up their weapons, and advanced some distance from the city. When they had come near to their enemies, they halted. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M210_28","053_10_28","2MA","10","28","28","When the dawn was now breaking, the two armies joined in battle, the one part having this, beside virtue, for a pledge of success and victory, that they had fled to the Lord for refuge, the others making their passion their leader in the fight. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M210_29","053_10_29","2MA","10","29","29","When the battle became strong, there appeared out of heaven to their adversaries five splendid men on horses with bridles of gold, and two of them, leading on the Jews, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M210_30","053_10_30","2MA","10","30","30","and taking Maccabaeus in the midst of them, and covering him with their own armor, guarded him from wounds, while they shot arrows and thunderbolts at the enemies. For this reason, they were blinded and thrown into confusion, and were cut to pieces, filled with bewilderment. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M210_31","053_10_31","2MA","10","31","31","Twenty thousand five hundred were slain, beside six hundred cavalry. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M210_32","053_10_32","2MA","10","32","32","Timotheus himself fled into a stronghold called Gazara, a fortress of great strength, where Chaereas was in command. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M210_33","053_10_33","2MA","10","33","33","Then Maccabaeus and his men were glad and laid siege to the fortress for four days. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M210_34","053_10_34","2MA","10","34","34","Those who were within, trusting in the strength of the place, blasphemed exceedingly, and hurled out impious words. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M210_35","053_10_35","2MA","10","35","35","But at dawn of the fifth day, certain young men of Maccabaeus’ company, inflamed with anger because of the blasphemies, assaulted the wall with masculine force and with furious anger, and cut down whoever came in their way. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M210_36","053_10_36","2MA","10","36","36","Others climbing up in the same way, while the enemies were distracted with those who had made their way within, set fire to the towers, and kindled fires that burned the blasphemers alive, while others broke open the gates, and, having given entrance to the rest of the band, occupied the city. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M210_37","053_10_37","2MA","10","37","37","They killed Timotheus, who was hidden in a cistern, and his brother Chaereas, and Apollophanes. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M210_38","053_10_38","2MA","10","38","38","When they had accomplished these things, they blessed the Lord with hymns and thanksgiving, blessing him who provides great benefits to Israel and gives them the victory. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M211_1","053_11_1","2MA","11","1","1","Now after a very little time, Lysias, the king’s guardian, kinsman, and chancellor, being very displeased about the things that had happened, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M211_2","053_11_2","2MA","11","2","2","collected about eighty thousand infantry and all his cavalry and came against the Jews, planing to make the city a home for Greeks, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M211_3","053_11_3","2MA","11","3","3","and to levy tribute on the temple, as on the other sacred places of the nations, and to put up the high priesthood for sale every year. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M211_4","053_11_4","2MA","11","4","4","He took no account of God’s power, but was puffed up with his ten thousands of infantry, his thousands of cavalry, and his eighty elephants. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M211_5","053_11_5","2MA","11","5","5","Coming into Judea and approaching Bethsuron, which was a strong place and about five stadia away from Jerusalem, he pressed it hard. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M211_6","053_11_6","2MA","11","6","6","When Maccabaeus and his men learned that he was besieging the strongholds, they and all the people with lamentations and tears made supplication to the Lord to send a good angel to save Israel. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M211_7","053_11_7","2MA","11","7","7","Maccabaeus himself took up weapons first, and exhorted the others to put themselves in jeopardy together with him and help their kindred; and they went out with him very willingly. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M211_8","053_11_8","2MA","11","8","8","As they were there, close to Jerusalem, a horseman appeared at their head in white apparel, brandishing weapons of gold. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M211_9","053_11_9","2MA","11","9","9","They all together praised the merciful God, and were yet more strengthened in heart, being ready to assail not only men but the wildest animals and walls of iron, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M211_10","053_11_10","2MA","11","10","10","they advanced in array, having him who is in heaven to fight on their side, for the Lord had mercy on them. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M211_11","053_11_11","2MA","11","11","11","Hurling themselves like lions against the enemy, they killed eleven thousand infantry and one thousand six hundred cavalry, and forced all the rest to flee. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M211_12","053_11_12","2MA","11","12","12","Most of them escaped wounded and naked. Lysias himself also escaped by shameful flight. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M211_13","053_11_13","2MA","11","13","13","But as he was a man not void of understanding, pondering the defeat which had befallen him, and considering that the Hebrews could not be overcome because the Almighty God fought on their side, he sent again ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M211_14","053_11_14","2MA","11","14","14","and persuaded them to come to terms on condition that all their rights were acknowledged, and promised that he would also persuade the king to become their friend. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M211_15","053_11_15","2MA","11","15","15","Maccabaeus gave consent upon all the conditions which Lysias proposed to him, being careful of the common good; for whatever requests Maccabaeus delivered in writing to Lysias concerning the Jews the king allowed. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M211_16","053_11_16","2MA","11","16","16","The letter written to the Jews from Lysias was to this effect: “Lysias to the people of the Jews, greetings. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M211_17","053_11_17","2MA","11","17","17","John and Absalom, who were sent from you, having delivered the document written below, made request concerning the things written therein. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M211_18","053_11_18","2MA","11","18","18","Whatever things therefore needed to be brought before the king I declared to him, and what things were possible he allowed. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M211_19","053_11_19","2MA","11","19","19","If then you will all preserve your good will toward the government, I will also endeavor in the future to contribute to your good. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M211_20","053_11_20","2MA","11","20","20","Concerning this, I have given order in detail, both to these men and to those who are sent from me, to confer with you. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M211_21","053_11_21","2MA","11","21","21","Farewell. Written in the one hundred forty-eighth year, on the twenty-fourth day of the month Dioscorinthius.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M211_22","053_11_22","2MA","11","22","22","And the king’s letter contained these words: “King Antiochus to his brother Lysias, greetings. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M211_23","053_11_23","2MA","11","23","23","Seeing that our father passed to the gods having the wish that the subjects of his kingdom should be undisturbed and give themselves to the care of their own affairs, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M211_24","053_11_24","2MA","11","24","24","we, having heard that the Jews do not consent to our father’s purpose to turn them to the customs of the Greeks, but choose rather their own way of living, and make request that the customs of their law be allowed to them— ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M211_25","053_11_25","2MA","11","25","25","choosing therefore that this nation also should be free from disturbance, we determine that their temple is to be restored to them, and that they live according to the customs that were in the days of their ancestors. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M211_26","053_11_26","2MA","11","26","26","You will therefore do well to send messengers to them and give them the right hand of friendship, that they, knowing our mind, may be of good heart, and gladly occupy themselves with the conduct of their own affairs.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M211_27","053_11_27","2MA","11","27","27","And to the nation, the king’s letter was as follows: “King Antiochus to the senate of the Jews and to the other Jews, greetings. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M211_28","053_11_28","2MA","11","28","28","If you are all well, it is as we desire. We ourselves also are in good health. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M211_29","053_11_29","2MA","11","29","29","Menelaus informed us that your desire was to return home and follow your own business. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M211_30","053_11_30","2MA","11","30","30","They therefore who depart home up to the thirtieth day of Xanthicus shall have our friendship, with full permission ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M211_31","053_11_31","2MA","11","31","31","that the Jews use their own foods and observe their own laws, even as formerly. None of them shall be in any way molested for the things that have been done in ignorance. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M211_32","053_11_32","2MA","11","32","32","Moreover I have sent Menelaus also, that he may encourage you. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M211_33","053_11_33","2MA","11","33","33","Farewell. Written in the one hundred forty-eighth year, on the fifteenth day of Xanthicus.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M211_34","053_11_34","2MA","11","34","34","The Romans also sent to them a letter in these words: “Quintus Memmius and Titus Manius, ambassadors of the Romans, to the people of the Jews, greetings. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M211_35","053_11_35","2MA","11","35","35","In regard to the things which Lysias the king’s kinsman granted you, we also give consent. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M211_36","053_11_36","2MA","11","36","36","But as for the things which he judged should be referred to the king, send someone promptly, after you have considered them, that we may publish such decrees as are appropriate for your case; for we are on our way to Antioch. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M211_37","053_11_37","2MA","11","37","37","Therefore send someone with speed, that we also may learn what is your mind. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M211_38","053_11_38","2MA","11","38","38","Farewell. Written in the one hundred forty-eighth year, on the fifteenth day of Xanthicus. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M212_1","053_12_1","2MA","12","1","1","So when this agreement had been made, Lysias departed to the king, and the Jews went about their farming. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M212_2","053_12_2","2MA","12","2","2","But some of the governors of districts, Timotheus and Apollonius the son of Gennaeus, and also Hieronymus and Demophon, and beside them Nicanor the governor of Cyprus, would not allow them to enjoy tranquillity and live in peace. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M212_3","053_12_3","2MA","12","3","3","Men of Joppa perpetrated this great impiety: they invited the Jews who lived among them to go with their wives and children into the boats which they had provided, as though they had no ill will toward them. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M212_4","053_12_4","2MA","12","4","4","When the Jews, relying on the public vote of the city, accepted the invitation, as men desiring to live in peace and suspecting nothing, they took them out to sea and drowned not less than two hundred of them. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M212_5","053_12_5","2MA","12","5","5","When Judas heard of the cruelty done to his fellow-countrymen, giving command to the men that were with him ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M212_6","053_12_6","2MA","12","6","6","and calling upon God the righteous Judge, he came against the murderers of his kindred, and set the harbor on fire at night, burned the boats, and put to the sword those who had fled there. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M212_7","053_12_7","2MA","12","7","7","But when the town gates were closed, he withdrew, intending to come again to root out the whole community of the men of Joppa. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M212_8","053_12_8","2MA","12","8","8","But learning that the men of Jamnia intended to do the same thing to the Jews who lived among them, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M212_9","053_12_9","2MA","12","9","9","he attacked the Jamnites at night, and set fire to the harbor together with the fleet, so that the glare of the light was seen at Jerusalem, two hundred forty furlongs distant. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M212_10","053_12_10","2MA","12","10","10","Now when they had drawn off nine furlongs from there, as they marched against Timotheus, an army of Arabians attacked him, no fewer than five thousand infantry and five hundred cavalry. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M212_11","053_12_11","2MA","12","11","11","And when a hard battle had been fought, and Judas and his company, by the help of God, had good success, the nomads being overcome implored Judas to grant them friendship, promising to give him livestock, and to help his people in all other ways. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M212_12","053_12_12","2MA","12","12","12","So Judas, thinking that they would indeed be profitable in many things, agreed to live in peace with them; and receiving pledges of friendship they departed to their tents. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M212_13","053_12_13","2MA","12","13","13","He also attacked a certain city, strong and fenced with earthworks and walls, and inhabited by a mixed multitude of various nations. It was named Caspin. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M212_14","053_12_14","2MA","12","14","14","Those who were within, trusting in the strength of the walls and their store of provisions, behaved themselves rudely toward Judas and those who were with him, railing, and furthermore blaspheming and speaking impious words. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M212_15","053_12_15","2MA","12","15","15","But Judas and his company, calling upon the great Sovereign of the world, who without rams and cunning engines of war hurled down Jericho in the times of Joshua, rushed wildly against the wall. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M212_16","053_12_16","2MA","12","16","16","Having taken the city by the will of God, they made unspeakable slaughter, so much that the adjoining lake, which was two furlongs broad, appeared to be filled with the deluge of blood. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M212_17","053_12_17","2MA","12","17","17","When they had gone seven hundred fifty furlongs from there, they made their way to Charax, to the Jews that are called Tubieni. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M212_18","053_12_18","2MA","12","18","18","They didn’t find Timotheus in that district, for he had by then departed from the district without accomplishing anything, but had left behind a very strong garrison in one place. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M212_19","053_12_19","2MA","12","19","19","But Dositheus and Sosipater, who were captains under Maccabaeus, went out and destroyed those who had been left by Timotheus in the stronghold, more than ten thousand men. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M212_20","053_12_20","2MA","12","20","20","Maccabaeus, arranging his own army in divisions, set these two over the bands, and marched in haste against Timotheus, who had with him one hundred twenty thousand infantry and two thousand five hundred cavalry. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M212_21","053_12_21","2MA","12","21","21","When Timotheus heard of the approach of Judas, he at once sent away the women and the children with the baggage into the fortress called Carnion; for the place was hard to besiege and difficult of access by reason of the narrowness of the approaches on all sides. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M212_22","053_12_22","2MA","12","22","22","When the band of Judas, who led the first division, appeared in sight, and when terror and fear came upon the enemy, because the manifestation of him who sees all things came upon them, they fled in every direction, carried this way and that, so that they were often injured by their own men, and pierced with the points of their own swords. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M212_23","053_12_23","2MA","12","23","23","Judas continued the pursuit more vigorously, putting the wicked wretches to the sword, and he destroyed as many as thirty thousand men. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M212_24","053_12_24","2MA","12","24","24","Timotheus himself, falling in with the company of Dositheus and Sosipater, implored them with much crafty guile to let him go with his life, because he had in his power the parents of many of them and the kindred of some. “Otherwise, he said, little regard will be shown to these.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M212_25","053_12_25","2MA","12","25","25","So when he had with many words confirmed the agreement to restore them without harm, they let him go that they might save their kindred. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M212_26","053_12_26","2MA","12","26","26","Then Judas, marching against Carnion and the temple of Atergatis, killed twenty-five thousand people. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M212_27","053_12_27","2MA","12","27","27","After he had put these to flight and destroyed them, he marched against Ephron also, a strong city, wherein were multitudes of people of all nations. Stalwart young men placed on the walls made a vigorous defense. There were great stores of war engines and darts there. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M212_28","053_12_28","2MA","12","28","28","But calling upon the Sovereign who with might shatters the strength of the enemy, they took the city into their hands, and killed as many as twenty-five thousand of those who were in it. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M212_29","053_12_29","2MA","12","29","29","Setting out from there, they marched in haste against Scythopolis, which is six hundred furlongs away from Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M212_30","053_12_30","2MA","12","30","30","But when the Jews who were settled there testified of the good will that the Scythopolitans had shown toward them, and of their kind treatment of them in the times of their misfortune, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M212_31","053_12_31","2MA","12","31","31","they gave thanks, and further exhorted them to remain well disposed toward the race for the future. Then they went up to Jerusalem, the feast of weeks being close at hand. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M212_32","053_12_32","2MA","12","32","32","But after the feast called Pentecost, they marched in haste against Gorgias the governor of Idumaea. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M212_33","053_12_33","2MA","12","33","33","He came out with three thousand infantry and four hundred cavalry. ");
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INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M212_42","053_12_42","2MA","12","42","42","turned themselves to supplication, praying that the sin committed might be wholly blotted out. The noble Judas exhorted the multitude to keep themselves from sin, for they had seen with their own eyes what happened because of the sin of those who had fallen. ");
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INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M213_5","053_13_5","2MA","13","5","5","Now there is in that place a tower that is fifty cubits high, full of ashes, and it had all around it a circular rim sloping steeply on every side into the ashes. ");
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INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M213_8","053_13_8","2MA","13","8","8","for inasmuch as he had perpetrated many sins against the altar, whose fire and whose ashes were holy, he received his death in ashes. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M213_9","053_13_9","2MA","13","9","9","Now the king, infuriated in spirit, was coming with intent to inflict on the Jews the very worst of the sufferings that had been done in his father’s time. ");
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INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M213_11","053_13_11","2MA","13","11","11","and not to allow the people who had just begun to be revived to fall into the hands of those profane heathen. ");
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INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M213_15","053_13_15","2MA","13","15","15","He gave out to his men the watchword, “VICTORY IS GOD’S”, with a chosen force of the bravest young men he attacked by the king’s pavilion by night, and killed of his army as many as two thousand men, and brought down the leading elephant with him who was in the tower on him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M213_16","053_13_16","2MA","13","16","16","At last they filled the army with terror and alarm, and departed with good success. ");
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INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M213_19","053_13_19","2MA","13","19","19","and on a strong fortress of the Jews at Bethsura. He advanced, was turned back, failed, and was defeated. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M213_20","053_13_20","2MA","13","20","20","Judas sent the things that were necessary to those who were within. ");
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INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M213_22","053_13_22","2MA","13","22","22","The king negotiated with them in Bethsura the second time, gave his hand, took theirs, departed, attacked the forces of Judas, was put to the worse, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M213_23","053_13_23","2MA","13","23","23","heard that Philip who had been left as chancellor in Antioch had become reckless, was confounded, made to the Jews an overture of peace, submitted himself and swore to acknowledge all their rights, came to terms with them and offered sacrifice, honored the sanctuary and the place, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M213_24","053_13_24","2MA","13","24","24","showed kindness and graciously received Maccabaeus, left Hegemonides governor from Ptolemais even to the Gerrenians, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M213_25","053_13_25","2MA","13","25","25","and came to Ptolemais. The men of Ptolemais were displeased at the treaty, for they had exceedingly great indignation against the Jews. They desired to annul the articles of the agreement. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M213_26","053_13_26","2MA","13","26","26","Lysias came forward to speak, made the best defense that was possible, persuaded, pacified, gained their good will, and departed to Antioch. This was the issue of the attack and departure of the king. ");
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INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M214_2","053_14_2","2MA","14","2","2","had taken possession of the country, having made away with Antiochus and his guardian Lysias. ");
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INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M214_4","053_14_4","2MA","14","4","4","came to King Demetrius in about the one hundred fifty-first year, presenting to him a crown of gold and a palm, and beside these some of the festal olive boughs of the temple. For that day, he held his peace; ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M214_5","053_14_5","2MA","14","5","5","but having gotten opportunity to further his own madness, being called by Demetrius into a meeting of his council, and asked how the Jews stood affected and what they intended, he answered: ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M214_6","053_14_6","2MA","14","6","6","“Those of the Jews called Hasidaeans, whose leader is Judas Maccabaeus, keep up war and are seditious, not allowing the kingdom to find tranquillity. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M214_7","053_14_7","2MA","14","7","7","Therefore, having laid aside my ancestral glory—I mean the high priesthood—I have now come here, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M214_8","053_14_8","2MA","14","8","8","first for the genuine care I have for the things that concern the king, and secondly because I have regard also to my own fellow citizens. For through the unadvised dealing of those of whom I spoke before, our whole race is in no small misfortune. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M214_9","053_14_9","2MA","14","9","9","O king, having informed yourself of these things, take thought both for our country and for our race, which is surrounded by enemies, according to the gracious kindness with which you receive all. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M214_10","053_14_10","2MA","14","10","10","For as long as Judas remains alive, it is impossible for the government to find peace. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M214_11","053_14_11","2MA","14","11","11","When he had spoken such words as these, at once the rest of the king’s friends, having ill will against Judas, inflamed Demetrius yet more. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M214_12","053_14_12","2MA","14","12","12","He immediately appointed Nicanor, who had been master of the elephants, and made him governor of Judea. He sent him out, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M214_13","053_14_13","2MA","14","13","13","giving him written instructions to kill Judas himself and to scatter those who were with him, and to set up Alcimus as high priest of the great temple. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M214_14","053_14_14","2MA","14","14","14","Those in Judea who had driven Judas into exile thronged to Nicanor in flocks, supposing that the misfortunes and calamities of the Jews would be successes to themselves. ");
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INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M214_16","053_14_16","2MA","14","16","16","When the leader had given orders, he immediately set out from there and joined battle with them at a village called Lessau. ");
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INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M214_18","053_14_18","2MA","14","18","18","Nevertheless Nicanor, hearing of the valor of those who were with Judas, and their courage in fighting for their country, shrank from bringing the matter to the decision of the sword. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M214_19","053_14_19","2MA","14","19","19","Therefore he sent Posidonius, Theodotus, and Mattathias to give and receive pledges of friendship. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M214_20","053_14_20","2MA","14","20","20","So when these proposals had been long considered, and the leader had made the troops acquainted with them, and it appeared that they were all of like mind, they consented to the covenants. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M214_21","053_14_21","2MA","14","21","21","They appointed a day on which to meet together by themselves. A chariot came forward from each army. They set up seats of honor. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M214_22","053_14_22","2MA","14","22","22","Judas stationed armed men ready in convenient places, lest perhaps there should suddenly be treachery on the part of the enemy. They held a conference as was appropriate. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M214_23","053_14_23","2MA","14","23","23","Nicanor waited in Jerusalem, and did nothing to cause disturbance, but dismissed the flocks of people that had gathered together. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M214_24","053_14_24","2MA","14","24","24","He kept Judas always in his presence. He had gained a hearty affection for the man. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M214_25","053_14_25","2MA","14","25","25","He urged him to marry and have children. He married, settled quietly, and took part in common life. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M214_26","053_14_26","2MA","14","26","26","But Alcimus, perceiving the good will that was between them, and having taken possession of the covenants that had been made, came to Demetrius and told him that Nicanor was disloyal to the government, for he had appointed that conspirator against his kingdom, Judas, to be his successor. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M214_27","053_14_27","2MA","14","27","27","The king, falling into a rage, and being exasperated by the false accusations of that most wicked man, wrote to Nicanor, signifying that he was displeased at the covenants, and commanding him to send Maccabaeus prisoner to Antioch in all haste. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M214_28","053_14_28","2MA","14","28","28","When this message came to Nicanor, he was confounded, and was very troubled at the thought of annulling the articles that had been agreed upon, the man having done no wrong; ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M214_29","053_14_29","2MA","14","29","29","but because there was no opposing the king, he watched his time to execute this purpose by strategy. ");
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INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M214_31","053_14_31","2MA","14","31","31","But the other, when he became aware that he had been bravely defeated by the strategy of Judas, came to the great and holy temple, while the priests were offering the usual sacrifices, and commanded them to hand over the man. ");
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INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M214_33","053_14_33","2MA","14","33","33","he stretched out his right hand toward the sanctuary, and swore this oath: “If you won’t deliver up to me Judas as a prisoner, I will level this temple of God even with the ground, break down the altar, and I will erect here a temple to Dionysus for all to see. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M214_34","053_14_34","2MA","14","34","34","And having said this, he departed. But the priests, stretching forth their hands toward heaven, called upon him who always fights for our nation, in these words: ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M214_35","053_14_35","2MA","14","35","35","“You, O Lord of the universe, who in yourself have need of nothing, were well pleased that a sanctuary of your habitation should be set among us. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M214_36","053_14_36","2MA","14","36","36","So now, O holy Lord of all holiness, keep undefiled forever this house that has been recently cleansed.” ");
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INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M214_39","053_14_39","2MA","14","39","39","Nicanor, wishing to make evident the ill will that he bore against the Jews, sent above five hundred soldiers to seize him; ");
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INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M214_43","053_14_43","2MA","14","43","43","But since he missed his stroke through the excitement of the struggle, and the crowds were now rushing within the door, he ran bravely up to the wall and cast himself down bravely among the crowds. ");
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INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M214_46","053_14_46","2MA","14","46","46","when as his blood was now well near spent, he drew forth his bowels through the wound, and taking them in both his hands he shook them at the crowds. Calling upon him who is Lord of life and spirit to restore him these again, he died like this. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M215_1","053_15_1","2MA","15","1","1","But Nicanor, hearing that Judas and his company were in the region of Samaria, resolved to attack them with complete safety on the day of rest. ");
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INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M215_3","053_15_3","2MA","15","3","3","Then the thrice-accursed wretch asked if there were a Sovereign in heaven who had commanded to keep the Sabbath day. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M215_4","053_15_4","2MA","15","4","4","When they declared, “There is the Lord, living himself as Sovereign in heaven, who told us observe the seventh day.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M215_5","053_15_5","2MA","15","5","5","He replied, “I also am a sovereign on the earth, who commands you to take up weapons and execute the king’s business.” Nevertheless he didn’t prevail to execute his cruel plan. ");
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INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M215_7","053_15_7","2MA","15","7","7","But Maccabaeus still trusted unceasingly, with all hope that he should obtain help from the Lord. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M215_8","053_15_8","2MA","15","8","8","He exhorted his company not to be fearful at the assault of the heathen, but keeping in mind the help which in former times they had often received from heaven, so now also to look for the victory which would come to them from the Almighty, ");
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INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M215_12","053_15_12","2MA","15","12","12","The vision of that dream was this: Onias, he who had been high priest, a noble and good man, modest in bearing, yet gentle in manner and well-spoken, and trained from a child in all points of virtue, with outstretched hands invoking blessings on the whole body of the Jews. ");
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INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M215_21","053_15_21","2MA","15","21","21","Maccabaeus, perceiving the presence of the troops, and the various weapons with which they were equipped, and the savageness of the elephants, holding up his hands to heaven called upon the Lord who works wonders, knowing that success comes not by weapons, but that, according to how the Lord judges, he gains the victory for those who are worthy. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M215_22","053_15_22","2MA","15","22","22","And calling upon God, he said this: “You, O Sovereign Lord, sent your angel in the time of King Hezekiah of Judea, and he killed of the army of Sennacherib as many as one hundred eighty-five thousand. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M215_23","053_15_23","2MA","15","23","23","So now also, O Sovereign of the heavens, send a good angel before us to bring terror and trembling. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M215_24","053_15_24","2MA","15","24","24","Through the greatness of your arm let them be stricken with dismay who with blasphemy have come here against your holy people.” As he finished these words, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M215_25","053_15_25","2MA","15","25","25","Nicanor and his company advanced with trumpets and victory songs; ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M215_26","053_15_26","2MA","15","26","26","but Judas and his company joined battle with the enemy with invocation and prayers. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M215_27","053_15_27","2MA","15","27","27","Fighting with their hands and praying to God with their hearts, they killed no less than thirty-five thousand men, being made exceedingly glad by the manifestation of God. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M215_28","053_15_28","2MA","15","28","28","When the engagement was over and they were returning again with joy, they recognized Nicanor lying dead in full armor. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M215_29","053_15_29","2MA","15","29","29","Then there was shouting and noise, and they blessed the Sovereign Lord in the language of their ancestors. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M215_30","053_15_30","2MA","15","30","30","He who in all things was in body and soul the foremost champion of his fellow-citizens, he who kept through life the good will of his youth toward his countrymen, ordered that Nicanor’s head be cut off with his hand and arm, and that they be brought to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M215_31","053_15_31","2MA","15","31","31","When he had arrived there and had called his countrymen together and set the priests before the altar, he sent for those who were in the citadel. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M215_32","053_15_32","2MA","15","32","32","Showing the head of the vile Nicanor and the hand of that profane man, which with proud brags he had stretched out against the holy house of the Almighty, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M215_33","053_15_33","2MA","15","33","33","and cutting out the tongue of the impious Nicanor, he said that he would give it in pieces to the birds, and hang up these rewards of his folly near the sanctuary. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M215_34","053_15_34","2MA","15","34","34","They all, looking up to heaven, blessed the Lord who had manifested himself, saying, “Blessed is he who has preserved his own place undefiled!” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M215_35","053_15_35","2MA","15","35","35","He hung Nicanor’s head and shoulder from the citadel, a clear sign evident to all of the help of the Lord. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M215_36","053_15_36","2MA","15","36","36","They all ordained with a common decree to in no way let this day pass undistinguished, but to mark with honor the thirteenth day of the twelfth month (it is called Adar in the Syrian language), the day before the day of Mordecai. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M215_37","053_15_37","2MA","15","37","37","This then having been the account of the attempt of Nicanor, and the city having from those times been held by the Hebrews, I also will here make an end of my book. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M215_38","053_15_38","2MA","15","38","38","If I have written well and to the point in my story, this is what I myself desired; but if its poorly done and mediocre, this is the best I could do. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("M215_39","053_15_39","2MA","15","39","39","For as it is distasteful to drink wine alone and likewise to drink water alone, while the mingling of wine with water at once gives full pleasantness to the flavor; so also the fashioning of the language delights the ears of those who read the story. Here is the end. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG1_1","066_1_1","DAG","1","1","1","In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG1_2","066_1_2","DAG","1","2","2","The Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God; and he carried them into the land of Shinar to the house of his god. He brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG1_3","066_1_3","DAG","1","3","3","The king spoke to Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring in some of the children of Israel, even of the royal offspring and of the nobles— ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG1_4","066_1_4","DAG","1","4","4","youths in whom was no defect, but well-favored, and skillful in all wisdom, and endowed with knowledge, and understanding science, and who had the ability to serve in the king’s palace; and that he should teach them the learning and the language of the Chaldeans. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG1_5","066_1_5","DAG","1","5","5","The king appointed for them a daily portion of the king’s delicacies, and of the wine which he drank, and that they should be nourished three years; that at its end they should serve the king. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG1_6","066_1_6","DAG","1","6","6","Now among these were of the children of Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG1_7","066_1_7","DAG","1","7","7","The prince of the eunuchs gave names to them: to Daniel he gave the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG1_8","066_1_8","DAG","1","8","8","But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank. Therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG1_9","066_1_9","DAG","1","9","9","Now God made Daniel find kindness and compassion in the sight of the prince of the eunuchs. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG1_10","066_1_10","DAG","1","10","10","The prince of the eunuchs said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your food and your drink. For why should he see your faces worse looking than the youths who are of your own age? Then you would endanger my head with the king.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG1_11","066_1_11","DAG","1","11","11","Then Daniel said to the steward whom the prince of the eunuchs had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG1_12","066_1_12","DAG","1","12","12","“Test your servants, I beg you, ten days; and let them give us vegetables to eat and water to drink. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG1_13","066_1_13","DAG","1","13","13","Then let our faces be examined before you, and the face of the youths who eat of the king’s delicacies; and as you see, deal with your servants.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG1_14","066_1_14","DAG","1","14","14","So he listened to them in this matter, and tested them for ten days. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG1_15","066_1_15","DAG","1","15","15","At the end of ten days, their faces appeared fairer, and they were fatter in flesh, than all the youths who ate of the king’s delicacies. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG1_16","066_1_16","DAG","1","16","16","So the steward took away their delicacies, and the wine that they would drink, and gave them vegetables. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG1_17","066_1_17","DAG","1","17","17","Now as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom; and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG1_18","066_1_18","DAG","1","18","18","At the end of the days which the king had appointed for bringing them in, the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG1_19","066_1_19","DAG","1","19","19","The king talked with them; and among them all was found no one like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. Therefore they served the king. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG1_20","066_1_20","DAG","1","20","20","In every matter of wisdom and understanding concerning which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters who were in all his realm. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG1_21","066_1_21","DAG","1","21","21","Daniel continued serving even to the first year of King Cyrus. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_1","066_2_1","DAG","2","1","1","In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_2","066_2_2","DAG","2","2","2","Then the king commanded that the magicians, the enchanters, the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans be called to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_3","066_2_3","DAG","2","3","3","The king said to them, “I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_4","066_2_4","DAG","2","4","4","Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in the Syrian language, “O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_5","066_2_5","DAG","2","5","5","The king answered the Chaldeans, “The thing has gone from me. If you don’t make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you will be cut in pieces, and your houses will be made a dunghill. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_6","066_2_6","DAG","2","6","6","But if you show the dream and its interpretation, you will receive from me gifts, rewards, and great honor. Therefore show me the dream and its interpretation.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_7","066_2_7","DAG","2","7","7","They answered the second time and said, “Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_8","066_2_8","DAG","2","8","8","The king answered, “I know of a certainty that you are trying to gain time, because you see the thing has gone from me. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_9","066_2_9","DAG","2","9","9","But if you don’t make known to me the dream, there is but one law for you; for you have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, until the situation changes. Therefore tell me the dream, and I will know that you can show me its interpretation.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_10","066_2_10","DAG","2","10","10","The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, “There is not a man on the earth who can show the king’s matter, because no king, lord, or ruler, has asked such a thing of any magician, enchanter, or Chaldean. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_11","066_2_11","DAG","2","11","11","It is a rare thing that the king requires, and there is no other who can show it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_12","066_2_12","DAG","2","12","12","Because of this, the king was angry and very furious, and commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_13","066_2_13","DAG","2","13","13","So the decree went out, and the wise men were to be slain. They sought Daniel and his companions to be slain. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_14","066_2_14","DAG","2","14","14","Then Daniel returned answer with counsel and prudence to Arioch the captain of the king’s guard, who had gone out to kill the wise men of Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_15","066_2_15","DAG","2","15","15","He answered Arioch the king’s captain, “Why is the decree so urgent from the king?” Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_16","066_2_16","DAG","2","16","16","Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would appoint him a time, and he would show the king the interpretation. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_17","066_2_17","DAG","2","17","17","Then Daniel went to his house and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_18","066_2_18","DAG","2","18","18","that they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret, and that Daniel and his companions would not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_19","066_2_19","DAG","2","19","19","Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_20","066_2_20","DAG","2","20","20","Daniel answered, “Blessed be the name of God forever and ever; for wisdom and might are his. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_21","066_2_21","DAG","2","21","21","He changes the times and the seasons. He removes kings and sets up kings. He gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those who have understanding. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_22","066_2_22","DAG","2","22","22","He reveals the deep and secret things. He knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_23","066_2_23","DAG","2","23","23","I thank you and praise you, O God of my fathers, who have given me wisdom and might, and have now made known to me what we desired of you; for you have made known to us the king’s matter.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_24","066_2_24","DAG","2","24","24","Therefore Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon. He went and said this to him: “Don’t destroy the wise men of Babylon. Bring me in before the king, and I will show to the king the interpretation.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_25","066_2_25","DAG","2","25","25","Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said this to him: “I have found a man of the children of the captivity of Judah who will make known to the king the interpretation.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_26","066_2_26","DAG","2","26","26","The king answered Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, “Are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen, and its interpretation?” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_27","066_2_27","DAG","2","27","27","Daniel answered before the king, and said, “The secret which the king has demanded can’t be shown to the king by wise men, enchanters, magicians, or soothsayers; ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_28","066_2_28","DAG","2","28","28","but there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head on your bed, are these: ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_29","066_2_29","DAG","2","29","29","“As for you, O king, your thoughts came on your bed, what should happen hereafter; and he who reveals secrets has made known to you what will happen. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_30","066_2_30","DAG","2","30","30","But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but to the intent that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your heart. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_31","066_2_31","DAG","2","31","31","“You, O king, saw, and behold, a great image. This image, which was mighty, and whose brightness was excellent, stood before you; and its appearance was terrifying. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_32","066_2_32","DAG","2","32","32","As for this image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_33","066_2_33","DAG","2","33","33","its legs of iron, its feet part of iron, and part of clay. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_34","066_2_34","DAG","2","34","34","You saw until a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet that were of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_35","066_2_35","DAG","2","35","35","Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were broken in pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors. The wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them. The stone that struck the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_36","066_2_36","DAG","2","36","36","“This is the dream; and we will tell its interpretation before the king. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_37","066_2_37","DAG","2","37","37","You, O king, are king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, the strength, and the glory. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_38","066_2_38","DAG","2","38","38","Wherever the children of men dwell, he has given the animals of the field and the birds of the sky into your hand, and has made you rule over them all. You are the head of gold. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_39","066_2_39","DAG","2","39","39","“After you, another kingdom will arise that is inferior to you; and a third kingdom of bronze, which will rule over all the earth. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_40","066_2_40","DAG","2","40","40","The fourth kingdom will be strong as iron, because iron breaks in pieces and subdues all things; and as iron that crushes all these, it will break in pieces and crush. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_41","066_2_41","DAG","2","41","41","Whereas you saw the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron, it will be a divided kingdom; but there will be in it of the strength of the iron, because you saw the iron mixed with miry clay. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_42","066_2_42","DAG","2","42","42","As the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom will be partly strong, and partly brittle. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_43","066_2_43","DAG","2","43","43","Whereas you saw the iron mixed with miry clay, they will mingle themselves with the seed of men; but they won’t cling to one another, even as iron does not mix with clay. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_44","066_2_44","DAG","2","44","44","“In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, nor will its sovereignty be left to another people; but it will break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it will stand forever. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_45","066_2_45","DAG","2","45","45","Because you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold. The great God has made known to the king what will happen hereafter. The dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_46","066_2_46","DAG","2","46","46","Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, worshiped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an offering and sweet odors to him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_47","066_2_47","DAG","2","47","47","The king answered to Daniel, and said, “Of a truth your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you have been able to reveal this secret.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_48","066_2_48","DAG","2","48","48","Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him rule over the whole province of Babylon, and to be chief governor over all the wise men of Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG2_49","066_2_49","DAG","2","49","49","Daniel requested of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego over the affairs of the province of Babylon; but Daniel was in the king’s gate. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_1","066_3_1","DAG","3","1","1","Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits, and its width six cubits. He set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_2","066_3_2","DAG","3","2","2","Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the local governors, the deputies, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_3","066_3_3","DAG","3","3","3","Then the local governors, the deputies, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_4","066_3_4","DAG","3","4","4","Then the herald cried aloud, “To you it is commanded, peoples, nations, and languages, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_5","066_3_5","DAG","3","5","5","that whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, you fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_6","066_3_6","DAG","3","6","6","Whoever doesn’t fall down and worship shall be cast into the middle of a burning fiery furnace the same hour.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_7","066_3_7","DAG","3","7","7","Therefore at that time, when all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, all the peoples, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshiped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_8","066_3_8","DAG","3","8","8","Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and brought accusation against the Jews. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_9","066_3_9","DAG","3","9","9","They answered Nebuchadnezzar the king, “O king, live for ever! ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_10","066_3_10","DAG","3","10","10","You, O king, have made a decree that every man who hears the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music shall fall down and worship the golden image; ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_11","066_3_11","DAG","3","11","11","and whoever doesn’t fall down and worship shall be cast into the middle of a burning fiery furnace. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_12","066_3_12","DAG","3","12","12","There are certain Jews whom you have appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men, O king, have not respected you. They don’t serve your gods, and don’t worship the golden image which you have set up.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_13","066_3_13","DAG","3","13","13","Then Nebuchadnezzar in rage and fury commanded that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be brought. Then these men were brought before the king. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_14","066_3_14","DAG","3","14","14","Nebuchadnezzar answered them, “Is it on purpose, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you don’t serve my god, nor worship the golden image which I have set up? ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_15","066_3_15","DAG","3","15","15","Now if you are ready whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music to fall down and worship the image which I have made, good; but if you don’t worship, you shall be cast the same hour into the middle of a burning fiery furnace. Who is that god who will deliver you out of my hands?” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_16","066_3_16","DAG","3","16","16","Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, “Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_17","066_3_17","DAG","3","17","17","If it happens, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_18","066_3_18","DAG","3","18","18","But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image which you have set up.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_19","066_3_19","DAG","3","19","19","Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of fury, and the form of his appearance was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_20","066_3_20","DAG","3","20","20","He commanded certain mighty men who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. ");
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INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_24","066_3_24","DAG","3","24","24","They walked in the midst of the fire, praising God, and blessing the Lord. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_25","066_3_25","DAG","3","25","25","Then Azarias stood, and prayed like this. Opening his mouth in the midst of the fire he said, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_26","066_3_26","DAG","3","26","26","“Blessed are you, O Lord, you God of our fathers! Your name is worthy to be praised and glorified for evermore; ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_27","066_3_27","DAG","3","27","27","for you are righteous in all the things that you have done. Yes, all your works are true. Your ways are right, and all your judgments are truth. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_28","066_3_28","DAG","3","28","28","In all the things that you have brought upon us, and upon the holy city of our fathers, Jerusalem, you have executed true judgments. For according to truth and justice you have brought all these things upon us because of our sins. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_29","066_3_29","DAG","3","29","29","For we have sinned and committed iniquity in departing from you. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_30","066_3_30","DAG","3","30","30","In all things we have trespassed, and not obeyed your commandments or kept them. We haven’t done as you have commanded us, that it might go well with us. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_31","066_3_31","DAG","3","31","31","Therefore all that you have brought upon us, and everything that you have done to us, you have done in true judgment. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_32","066_3_32","DAG","3","32","32","You delivered us into the hands of lawless enemies, most hateful rebels, and to an unjust king who is the most wicked in all the world. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_33","066_3_33","DAG","3","33","33","And now we can’t open our mouth. Shame and reproach have come on your servants and those who worship you. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_34","066_3_34","DAG","3","34","34","Don’t utterly deliver us up, for your name’s sake. Don’t annul your covenant. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_35","066_3_35","DAG","3","35","35","Don’t cause your mercy to depart from us, for the sake of Abraham who is loved by you, and for the sake of Isaac your servant, and Israel your holy one, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_36","066_3_36","DAG","3","36","36","to whom you promised that you would multiply their offspring as the stars of the sky, and as the sand that is on the sea shore. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_37","066_3_37","DAG","3","37","37","For we, O Lord, have become less than any nation, and are brought low this day in all the world because of our sins. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_38","066_3_38","DAG","3","38","38","There isn’t at this time prince, or prophet, or leader, or burnt offering, or sacrifice, or oblation, or incense, or place to offer before you, and to find mercy. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_39","066_3_39","DAG","3","39","39","Nevertheless in a contrite heart and a humble spirit let us be accepted, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_40","066_3_40","DAG","3","40","40","like the burnt offerings of rams and bullocks, and like ten thousands of fat lambs. So let our sacrifice be in your sight this day, that we may wholly go after you, for they shall not be ashamed who put their trust in you. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_41","066_3_41","DAG","3","41","41","And now we follow you with all our heart. We fear you, and seek your face. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_42","066_3_42","DAG","3","42","42","Put us not to shame; but deal with us after your kindness, and according to the multitude of your mercy. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_43","066_3_43","DAG","3","43","43","Deliver us also according to your marvelous works, and give glory to your name, O Lord. Let all those who harm your servants be confounded. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_44","066_3_44","DAG","3","44","44","Let them be ashamed of all their power and might, and let their strength be broken. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_45","066_3_45","DAG","3","45","45","Let them know that you are the Lord, the only God, and glorious over the whole world.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_46","066_3_46","DAG","3","46","46","The king’s servants who put them in didn’t stop making the furnace hot with naphtha, pitch, tinder, and small wood, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_47","066_3_47","DAG","3","47","47","so that the flame streamed out forty nine cubits above the furnace. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_48","066_3_48","DAG","3","48","48","It spread and burned those Chaldeans whom it found around the furnace. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_49","066_3_49","DAG","3","49","49","But the angel of the Lord came down into the furnace together with Azarias and his fellows, and he struck the flame of the fire out of the furnace, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_50","066_3_50","DAG","3","50","50","and made the midst of the furnace as it had been a moist whistling wind, so that the fire didn’t touch them at all. It neither hurt nor troubled them. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_51","066_3_51","DAG","3","51","51","Then the three, as out of one mouth, praised, glorified, and blessed God in the furnace, saying, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_52","066_3_52","DAG","3","52","52","“Blessed are you, O Lord, you God of our fathers, to be praised and exalted above all forever! ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_53","066_3_53","DAG","3","53","53","Blessed is your glorious and holy name, to be praised and exalted above all forever! ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_54","066_3_54","DAG","3","54","54","Blessed are you in the temple of your holy glory, to be praised and glorified above all forever! ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_55","066_3_55","DAG","3","55","55","Blessed are you who see the depths and sit upon the cherubim, to be praised and exalted above all forever. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_56","066_3_56","DAG","3","56","56","Blessed are you on the throne of your kingdom, to be praised and extolled above all forever! ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_57","066_3_57","DAG","3","57","57","Blessed are you in the firmament of heaven, to be praised and glorified forever! ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_58","066_3_58","DAG","3","58","58","O all you works of the Lord, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_59","066_3_59","DAG","3","59","59","O you heavens, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all for ever! ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_60","066_3_60","DAG","3","60","60","O you angels of the Lord, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_61","066_3_61","DAG","3","61","61","O all you waters that are above the sky, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_62","066_3_62","DAG","3","62","62","O all you powers of the Lord, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_63","066_3_63","DAG","3","63","63","O you sun and moon, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_64","066_3_64","DAG","3","64","64","O you stars of heaven, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_65","066_3_65","DAG","3","65","65","O every shower and dew, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_66","066_3_66","DAG","3","66","66","O all you winds, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_67","066_3_67","DAG","3","67","67","O you fire and heat, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_68","066_3_68","DAG","3","68","68","O you dews and storms of snow, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_69","066_3_69","DAG","3","69","69","O you nights and days, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_70","066_3_70","DAG","3","70","70","O you light and darkness, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_71","066_3_71","DAG","3","71","71","O you cold and heat, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_72","066_3_72","DAG","3","72","72","O you frost and snow, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_73","066_3_73","DAG","3","73","73","O you lightnings and clouds, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_74","066_3_74","DAG","3","74","74","O let the earth bless the Lord! Let it praise and exalt him above all forever! ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_75","066_3_75","DAG","3","75","75","O you mountains and hills, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_76","066_3_76","DAG","3","76","76","O all you things that grow on the earth, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_77","066_3_77","DAG","3","77","77","O sea and rivers, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_78","066_3_78","DAG","3","78","78","O you springs, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_79","066_3_79","DAG","3","79","79","O you whales and all that move in the waters, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_80","066_3_80","DAG","3","80","80","O all you birds of the air, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_81","066_3_81","DAG","3","81","81","O all you beasts and cattle, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_82","066_3_82","DAG","3","82","82","O you children of men, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_83","066_3_83","DAG","3","83","83","O let Israel bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_84","066_3_84","DAG","3","84","84","O you priests of the Lord, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_85","066_3_85","DAG","3","85","85","O you servants of the Lord, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_86","066_3_86","DAG","3","86","86","O you spirits and souls of the righteous, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_87","066_3_87","DAG","3","87","87","O you who are holy and humble of heart, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_88","066_3_88","DAG","3","88","88","O Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever; for he has rescued us from Hades, and saved us from the hand of death! He has delivered us out of the midst of the furnace and burning flame. He has delivered us out of the midst of the fire. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_89","066_3_89","DAG","3","89","89","O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his mercy is forever. ");
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INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_91","066_3_91","DAG","3","91","91","Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished and rose up in haste. He spoke and said to his counselors, “Didn’t we cast three men bound into the middle of the fire?” They answered the king, “True, O king.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_92","066_3_92","DAG","3","92","92","He answered, “Look, I see four men loose, walking in the middle of the fire, and they are unharmed. The appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_93","066_3_93","DAG","3","93","93","Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace. He spoke and said, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, you servants of the Most High God, come out, and come here!” Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the middle of the fire. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_94","066_3_94","DAG","3","94","94","The local governors, the deputies, and the governors, and the king’s counselors, being gathered together, saw these men, that the fire had no power on their bodies. The hair of their head wasn’t singed. Their pants weren’t changed. The smell of fire wasn’t even on them. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_95","066_3_95","DAG","3","95","95","Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants who trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and have yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_96","066_3_96","DAG","3","96","96","Therefore I make a decree, that every people, nation, and language, who speak anything evil against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill, because there is no other god who is able to deliver like this.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG3_97","066_3_97","DAG","3","97","97","Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG4_1","066_4_1","DAG","4","1","1","Nebuchadnezzar the king, to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG4_2","066_4_2","DAG","4","2","2","It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked toward me. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG4_3","066_4_3","DAG","4","3","3","How great are his signs! How mighty are his wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. His dominion is from generation to generation. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG4_4","066_4_4","DAG","4","4","4","I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG4_5","066_4_5","DAG","4","5","5","I saw a dream which made me afraid; and the thoughts on my bed and the visions of my head troubled me. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG4_6","066_4_6","DAG","4","6","6","Therefore I made a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG4_7","066_4_7","DAG","4","7","7","Then the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers came in; and I told the dream before them; but they didn’t make known to me its interpretation. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG4_8","066_4_8","DAG","4","8","8","But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods. I told the dream before him, saying, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG4_9","066_4_9","DAG","4","9","9","“Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you, and no secret troubles you, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and its interpretation. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG4_10","066_4_10","DAG","4","10","10","These were the visions of my head on my bed: I saw, and behold, a tree in the middle of the earth; and its height was great. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG4_11","066_4_11","DAG","4","11","11","The tree grew, and was strong, and its height reached to the sky, and its sight to the end of all the earth. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG4_12","066_4_12","DAG","4","12","12","Its leaves were beautiful, and it had much fruit, and in it was food for all. The animals of the field had shade under it, and the birds of the sky lived in its branches, and all flesh was fed from it. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG4_13","066_4_13","DAG","4","13","13","“I saw in the visions of my head on my bed, and behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from the sky. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG4_14","066_4_14","DAG","4","14","14","He cried aloud, and said this, ‘Cut down the tree and cut off its branches! Shake off its leaves and scatter its fruit! Let the animals get away from under it, and the fowls from its branches. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG4_15","066_4_15","DAG","4","15","15","Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of the sky. Let his portion be with the animals in the grass of the earth. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG4_16","066_4_16","DAG","4","16","16","Let his heart be changed from man’s, and let an animal’s heart be given to him. Then let seven times pass over him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG4_17","066_4_17","DAG","4","17","17","“‘The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones, to the intent that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will, and sets up over it the lowest of men.’ ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG4_18","066_4_18","DAG","4","18","18","“This dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, have seen; and you, Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation, because all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation; but you are able, for the spirit of the holy gods is in you.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG4_19","066_4_19","DAG","4","19","19","Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was stricken mute for a while, and his thoughts troubled him. The king answered, “Belteshazzar, don’t let the dream, or the interpretation, trouble you.” Belteshazzar answered, “My lord, may the dream be for those who hate you, and its interpretation to your adversaries. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG4_20","066_4_20","DAG","4","20","20","The tree that you saw, which grew and was strong, whose height reached to the sky, and its sight to all the earth; ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG4_21","066_4_21","DAG","4","21","21","whose leaves were beautiful, and its fruit plentiful, and in it was food for all; under which the animals of the field lived, and on whose branches the birds of the sky had their habitation— ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG4_22","066_4_22","DAG","4","22","22","it is you, O king, who have grown and become strong; for your greatness has grown, and reaches to the sky, and your dominion to the end of the earth. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG4_23","066_4_23","DAG","4","23","23","“Whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from the sky, and saying, ‘Cut down the tree, and destroy it; nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field, and let it be wet with the dew of the sky. Let his portion be with the animals of the field, until seven times pass over him.’ ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG4_24","066_4_24","DAG","4","24","24","“This is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which has come on my lord the king: ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG4_25","066_4_25","DAG","4","25","25","that you shall be driven from men, and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field. You shall be made to eat grass as oxen, and shall be wet with the dew of the sky, and seven times shall pass over you; until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG4_26","066_4_26","DAG","4","26","26","Their command to leave the stump of the roots of the tree means your kingdom will be sure to you, after you will have known that the heavens do rule. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG4_27","066_4_27","DAG","4","27","27","Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your tranquility.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG4_28","066_4_28","DAG","4","28","28","All this came on the King Nebuchadnezzar. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG4_29","066_4_29","DAG","4","29","29","At the end of twelve months he was walking in the royal palace of Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG4_30","066_4_30","DAG","4","30","30","The king spoke and said, “Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG4_31","066_4_31","DAG","4","31","31","While the word was in the king’s mouth, a voice came from the sky, saying, “O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: ‘The kingdom has departed from you. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG4_32","066_4_32","DAG","4","32","32","You shall be driven from men, and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field. You shall be made to eat grass as oxen. Seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will.’” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG4_33","066_4_33","DAG","4","33","33","This was fulfilled the same hour on Nebuchadnezzar. He was driven from men, and ate grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the sky, until his hair had grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG4_34","066_4_34","DAG","4","34","34","At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him who lives forever. For his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG4_35","066_4_35","DAG","4","35","35","All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and no one can stop his hand, or ask him, “What are you doing?” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG4_36","066_4_36","DAG","4","36","36","At the same time my understanding returned to me; and for the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and brightness returned to me. My counselors and my lords sought me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent greatness was added to me. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG4_37","066_4_37","DAG","4","37","37","Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are right and his ways just; and those who walk in pride he is able to humble. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG5_1","066_5_1","DAG","5","1","1","Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG5_2","066_5_2","DAG","5","2","2","Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded that the golden and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem be brought to him, that the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, might drink from them. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG5_3","066_5_3","DAG","5","3","3","Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of God’s house which was at Jerusalem; and the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, drank from them. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG5_4","066_5_4","DAG","5","4","4","They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of bronze, of iron, of wood, and of stone. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG5_5","066_5_5","DAG","5","5","5","In the same hour, the fingers of a man’s hand came out and wrote near the lamp stand on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace. The king saw the part of the hand that wrote. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG5_6","066_5_6","DAG","5","6","6","Then the king’s face was changed in him, and his thoughts troubled him; and the joints of his thighs were loosened, and his knees struck one against another. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG5_7","066_5_7","DAG","5","7","7","The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this writing and shows me its interpretation shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG5_8","066_5_8","DAG","5","8","8","Then all the king’s wise men came in; but they could not read the writing and couldn’t make known to the king the interpretation. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG5_9","066_5_9","DAG","5","9","9","Then King Belshazzar was greatly troubled. His face was changed in him, and his lords were perplexed. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG5_10","066_5_10","DAG","5","10","10","The queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house. The queen spoke and said, “O king, live forever; don’t let your thoughts trouble you, nor let your face be changed. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG5_11","066_5_11","DAG","5","11","11","There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods. In the days of your father, light, understanding, and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him. The king, Nebuchadnezzar, your father—yes, the king, your father—made him master of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and soothsayers ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG5_12","066_5_12","DAG","5","12","12","because an excellent spirit, knowledge, understanding, interpreting of dreams, showing of dark sentences, and dissolving of doubts were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG5_13","066_5_13","DAG","5","13","13","Then Daniel was brought in before the king. The king spoke and said to Daniel, “Are you that Daniel of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Judah? ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG5_14","066_5_14","DAG","5","14","14","I have heard of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light, understanding, and excellent wisdom are found in you. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG5_15","066_5_15","DAG","5","15","15","Now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me to read this writing, and make known to me its interpretation; but they could not show the interpretation of the thing. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG5_16","066_5_16","DAG","5","16","16","But I have heard of you, that you can give interpretations and dissolve doubts. Now if you can read the writing, and make known to me its interpretation, you shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold around your neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG5_17","066_5_17","DAG","5","17","17","Then Daniel answered the king, “Let your gifts be to yourself, and give your rewards to another. Nevertheless, I will read the writing to the king, and make known to him the interpretation. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG5_18","066_5_18","DAG","5","18","18","“To you, king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG5_19","066_5_19","DAG","5","19","19","Because of the greatness that he gave him, all the peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him. He killed whom he wanted to, and he kept alive whom he wanted to. He raised up whom he wanted to, and he put down whom he wanted to. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG5_20","066_5_20","DAG","5","20","20","But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG5_21","066_5_21","DAG","5","21","21","He was driven from the sons of men and his heart was made like the animals’, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. He was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the sky, until he knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and that he sets up over it whomever he will. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG5_22","066_5_22","DAG","5","22","22","“You, his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG5_23","066_5_23","DAG","5","23","23","but have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. You have praised the gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which don’t see, hear, or know; and you have not glorified the God in whose hand is your breath and whose are all your ways. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG5_24","066_5_24","DAG","5","24","24","Then the part of the hand was sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG5_25","066_5_25","DAG","5","25","25","“This is the writing that was inscribed: ‘MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.’ ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG5_26","066_5_26","DAG","5","26","26","“This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE: God has counted your kingdom, and brought it to an end. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG5_27","066_5_27","DAG","5","27","27","TEKEL: you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG5_28","066_5_28","DAG","5","28","28","PERES: your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG5_29","066_5_29","DAG","5","29","29","Then Belshazzar commanded, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and proclaimed that he should be the third highest ruler in the kingdom. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG5_30","066_5_30","DAG","5","30","30","In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was slain. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG5_31","066_5_31","DAG","5","31","31","Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG6_1","066_6_1","DAG","6","1","1","It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred twenty local governors, who should be throughout the whole kingdom; ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG6_2","066_6_2","DAG","6","2","2","and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one; that these local governors might give account to them, and that the king should suffer no loss. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG6_3","066_6_3","DAG","6","3","3","Then this Daniel was distinguished above the presidents and the local governors, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG6_4","066_6_4","DAG","6","4","4","Then the presidents and the local governors sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion or fault, because he was faithful. There wasn’t any error or fault found in him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG6_5","066_6_5","DAG","6","5","5","Then these men said, “We won’t find any occasion against this Daniel, unless we find it against him concerning the law of his God.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG6_6","066_6_6","DAG","6","6","6","Then these presidents and local governors assembled together to the king, and said this to him, “King Darius, live forever! ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG6_7","066_6_7","DAG","6","7","7","All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the local governors, the counselors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a strong decree, that whoever asks a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG6_8","066_6_8","DAG","6","8","8","Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which doesn’t alter.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG6_9","066_6_9","DAG","6","9","9","Therefore King Darius signed the writing and the decree. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG6_10","066_6_10","DAG","6","10","10","When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his room toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG6_11","066_6_11","DAG","6","11","11","Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG6_12","066_6_12","DAG","6","12","12","Then they came near, and spoke before the king concerning the king’s decree: “Haven’t you signed a decree that every man who makes a petition to any god or man within thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions?” The king answered, “This thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which doesn’t alter.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG6_13","066_6_13","DAG","6","13","13","Then they answered and said before the king, “That Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of Judah, doesn’t respect you, O king, nor the decree that you have signed, but makes his petition three times a day.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG6_14","066_6_14","DAG","6","14","14","Then the king, when he heard these words, was very displeased, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him; and he labored until the going down of the sun to rescue him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG6_15","066_6_15","DAG","6","15","15","Then these men assembled together to the king, and said to the king, “Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians, that no decree nor statute which the king establishes may be changed.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG6_16","066_6_16","DAG","6","16","16","Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. The king spoke and said to Daniel, “Your God whom you serve continually, he will deliver you.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG6_17","066_6_17","DAG","6","17","17","A stone was brought, and laid on the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords, that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG6_18","066_6_18","DAG","6","18","18","Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting. No musical instruments were brought before him; and his sleep fled from him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG6_19","066_6_19","DAG","6","19","19","Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste to the den of lions. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG6_20","066_6_20","DAG","6","20","20","When he came near to the den to Daniel, he cried with a troubled voice. The king spoke and said to Daniel, “Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God, whom you serve continually, able to deliver you from the lions?” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG6_21","066_6_21","DAG","6","21","21","Then Daniel said to the king, “O king, live forever! ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG6_22","066_6_22","DAG","6","22","22","My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not hurt me; because I am innocent in his sight. Also before you, O king, I have done no harm.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG6_23","066_6_23","DAG","6","23","23","Then the king was exceedingly glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of harm was found on him, because he had trusted in his God. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG6_24","066_6_24","DAG","6","24","24","The king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions—them, their children, and their wives; and the lions mauled them and broke all their bones in pieces before they came to the bottom of the den. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG6_25","066_6_25","DAG","6","25","25","Then King Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who dwell in all the earth: “Peace be multiplied to you. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG6_26","066_6_26","DAG","6","26","26","“I make a decree that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel; “for he is the living God, and steadfast forever. His kingdom is that which will not be destroyed. His dominion will be even to the end. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG6_27","066_6_27","DAG","6","27","27","He delivers and rescues. He works signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG6_28","066_6_28","DAG","6","28","28","So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG7_1","066_7_1","DAG","7","1","1","In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions of his head on his bed. Then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG7_2","066_7_2","DAG","7","2","2","Daniel spoke and said, “I saw in my vision by night and behold, the four winds of the sky broke out on the great sea. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG7_3","066_7_3","DAG","7","3","3","Four great animals came up from the sea, different from one another. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG7_4","066_7_4","DAG","7","4","4","“The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings. I watched until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made to stand on two feet as a man. A man’s heart was given to it. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG7_5","066_7_5","DAG","7","5","5","“Behold, there was another animal, a second, like a bear. It was raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth. They said this to it: ‘Arise! Devour much flesh!’ ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG7_6","066_7_6","DAG","7","6","6","“After this I saw, and behold, another, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings of a bird. The animal also had four heads; and dominion was given to it. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG7_7","066_7_7","DAG","7","7","7","“After this I saw in the night visions, and, behold, there was a fourth animal, awesome and powerful, and exceedingly strong. It had great iron teeth. It devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet. It was different from all the animals that were before it. It had ten horns. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG7_8","066_7_8","DAG","7","8","8","“I considered the horns, and behold, another horn came up among them, a little one, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots: and behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG7_9","066_7_9","DAG","7","9","9","“I watched until thrones were placed, and one who was ancient of days sat. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool. His throne was fiery flames, and its wheels burning fire. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG7_10","066_7_10","DAG","7","10","10","A fiery stream issued and came out from before him. Thousands of thousands ministered to him. Ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. The judgment was set. The books were opened. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG7_11","066_7_11","DAG","7","11","11","“I watched at that time because of the voice of the great words which the horn spoke. I watched even until the animal was slain, its body destroyed, and it was given to be burned with fire. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG7_12","066_7_12","DAG","7","12","12","As for the rest of the animals, their dominion was taken away; yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG7_13","066_7_13","DAG","7","13","13","“I saw in the night visions, and behold, one like a son of man came with the clouds, and he came to the ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG7_14","066_7_14","DAG","7","14","14","Dominion was given him, with glory and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which will not pass away, and his kingdom will not be destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG7_15","066_7_15","DAG","7","15","15","“As for me, Daniel, my spirit was grieved within my body, and the visions of my head troubled me. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG7_16","066_7_16","DAG","7","16","16","I came near to one of those who stood by, and asked him the truth concerning all this. “So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG7_17","066_7_17","DAG","7","17","17","‘These great animals, which are four, are four kings, who will arise out of the earth. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG7_18","066_7_18","DAG","7","18","18","But the saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever.’ ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG7_19","066_7_19","DAG","7","19","19","“Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth animal, which was different from all of them, exceedingly terrible, whose teeth were of iron, and its nails of bronze; which devoured, broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet; ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG7_20","066_7_20","DAG","7","20","20","and concerning the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn which came up, and before which three fell, even that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spoke great things, whose look was more stout than its fellows. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG7_21","066_7_21","DAG","7","21","21","I saw, and the same horn made war with the saints and prevailed against them ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG7_22","066_7_22","DAG","7","22","22","until the ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the Most High, and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG7_23","066_7_23","DAG","7","23","23","“So he said, ‘The fourth animal will be a fourth kingdom on earth, which will be different from all the kingdoms, and will devour the whole earth, and will tread it down, and break it in pieces. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG7_24","066_7_24","DAG","7","24","24","As for the ten horns, ten kings will arise out of this kingdom. Another will arise after them; and he will be different from the former, and he will put down three kings. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG7_25","066_7_25","DAG","7","25","25","He will speak words against the Most High, and will wear out the saints of the Most High. He will plan to change the times and the law; and they will be given into his hand until a time and times and half a time. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG7_26","066_7_26","DAG","7","26","26","“‘But the judgment will be set, and they will take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it to the end. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG7_27","066_7_27","DAG","7","27","27","The kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole sky, will be given to the people of the saints of the Most High. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions will serve and obey him.’ ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG7_28","066_7_28","DAG","7","28","28","“Here is the end of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts troubled me greatly, and my face was changed in me; but I kept the matter in my heart.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG8_1","066_8_1","DAG","8","1","1","In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar, a vision appeared to me, even to me, Daniel, after that which appeared to me at the first. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG8_2","066_8_2","DAG","8","2","2","I saw the vision. Now it was so, that when I saw, I was in the citadel of Susa, which is in the province of Elam. I saw in the vision, and I was by the river Ulai. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG8_3","066_8_3","DAG","8","3","3","Then I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, a ram which had two horns stood before the river. The two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG8_4","066_8_4","DAG","8","4","4","I saw the ram pushing westward, northward, and southward. No animals could stand before him. There wasn’t anyone who could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and magnified himself. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG8_5","066_8_5","DAG","8","5","5","As I was considering, behold, a male goat came from the west over the surface of the whole earth, and didn’t touch the ground. The goat had a notable horn between his eyes. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG8_6","066_8_6","DAG","8","6","6","He came to the ram that had the two horns, which I saw standing before the river, and ran on him in the fury of his power. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG8_7","066_8_7","DAG","8","7","7","I saw him come close to the ram, and he was moved with anger against him, and struck the ram, and broke his two horns. There was no power in the ram to stand before him; but he cast him down to the ground, and trampled on him. There was no one who could deliver the ram out of his hand. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG8_8","066_8_8","DAG","8","8","8","The male goat magnified himself exceedingly. When he was strong, the great horn was broken; and instead of it there came up four notable horns toward the four winds of the sky. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG8_9","066_8_9","DAG","8","9","9","Out of one of them came out a little horn, which grew exceedingly great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the glorious land. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG8_10","066_8_10","DAG","8","10","10","It grew great, even to the army of the sky; and it cast down some of the army and of the stars to the ground, and trampled on them. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG8_11","066_8_11","DAG","8","11","11","Yes, it magnified itself, even to the prince of the army; and it took away from him the continual burnt offering, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG8_12","066_8_12","DAG","8","12","12","The army was given over to it together with the continual burnt offering through disobedience. It cast down truth to the ground, and it did its pleasure and prospered. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG8_13","066_8_13","DAG","8","13","13","Then I heard a holy one speaking; and another holy one said to that certain one who spoke, “How long will the vision about the continual burnt offering, and the disobedience that makes desolate, to give both the sanctuary and the army to be trodden under foot be?” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG8_14","066_8_14","DAG","8","14","14","He said to me, “To two thousand and three hundred evenings and mornings. Then the sanctuary will be cleansed.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG8_15","066_8_15","DAG","8","15","15","When I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought to understand it. Then behold, there stood before me something like the appearance of a man. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG8_16","066_8_16","DAG","8","16","16","I heard a man’s voice between the banks of the Ulai, which called, and said, “Gabriel, make this man understand the vision.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG8_17","066_8_17","DAG","8","17","17","So he came near where I stood; and when he came, I was frightened, and fell on my face; but he said to me, “Understand, son of man; for the vision belongs to the time of the end.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG8_18","066_8_18","DAG","8","18","18","Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face toward the ground; but he touched me, and set me upright. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG8_19","066_8_19","DAG","8","19","19","He said, “Behold, I will make you know what will be in the latter time of the indignation; for it belongs to the appointed time of the end. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG8_20","066_8_20","DAG","8","20","20","The ram which you saw, that had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG8_21","066_8_21","DAG","8","21","21","The rough male goat is the king of Greece. The great horn that is between his eyes is the first king. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG8_22","066_8_22","DAG","8","22","22","As for that which was broken, in the place where four stood up, four kingdoms will stand up out of the nation, but not with his power. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG8_23","066_8_23","DAG","8","23","23","“In the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors have come to the full, a king of fierce face, and understanding dark sentences, will stand up. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG8_24","066_8_24","DAG","8","24","24","His power will be mighty, but not by his own power. He will destroy awesomely, and will prosper in what he does. He will destroy the mighty ones and the holy people. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG8_25","066_8_25","DAG","8","25","25","Through his policy he will cause deceit to prosper in his hand. He will magnify himself in his heart, and he will destroy many in their security. He will also stand up against the prince of princes; but he will be broken without human power. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG8_26","066_8_26","DAG","8","26","26","“The vision of the evenings and mornings which has been told is true; but seal up the vision, for it belongs to many days to come.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG8_27","066_8_27","DAG","8","27","27","I, Daniel, fainted, and was sick for some days. Then I rose up, and did the king’s business. I wondered at the vision, but no one understood it. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG9_1","066_9_1","DAG","9","1","1","In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the offspring of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG9_2","066_9_2","DAG","9","2","2","in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years about which Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah the prophet, for the accomplishing of the desolations of Jerusalem, even seventy years. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG9_3","066_9_3","DAG","9","3","3","I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting in sackcloth and ashes. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG9_4","066_9_4","DAG","9","4","4","I prayed to Yahweh my God, and made confession, and said, “Oh, Lord, the great and dreadful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG9_5","066_9_5","DAG","9","5","5","we have sinned, and have dealt perversely, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even turning aside from your precepts and from your ordinances. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG9_6","066_9_6","DAG","9","6","6","We haven’t listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG9_7","066_9_7","DAG","9","7","7","“Lord, righteousness belongs to you, but to us confusion of face, as it is today—to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, who are near, and who are far off, through all the countries where you have driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against you. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG9_8","066_9_8","DAG","9","8","8","Lord, to us belongs confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against you. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG9_9","066_9_9","DAG","9","9","9","To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness; for we have rebelled against him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG9_10","066_9_10","DAG","9","10","10","We haven’t obeyed Yahweh our God’s voice, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG9_11","066_9_11","DAG","9","11","11","Yes, all Israel have transgressed your law, turning aside, that they wouldn’t obey your voice. “Therefore the curse and the oath written in the law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us; for we have sinned against him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG9_12","066_9_12","DAG","9","12","12","He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us, and against our judges who judged us, by bringing on us a great evil; for under the whole sky, such has not been done as has been done to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG9_13","066_9_13","DAG","9","13","13","As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil has come on us. Yet we have not entreated the favor of Yahweh our God, that we should turn from our iniquities and have discernment in your truth. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG9_14","066_9_14","DAG","9","14","14","Therefore Yahweh has watched over the evil, and brought it on us; for Yahweh our God is righteous in all his works which he does, and we have not obeyed his voice. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG9_15","066_9_15","DAG","9","15","15","“Now, Lord our God, who has brought your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and have gotten yourself renown, as it is today, we have sinned. We have done wickedly. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG9_16","066_9_16","DAG","9","16","16","Lord, according to all your righteousness, please let your anger and your wrath be turned away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain, because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a reproach to all who are around us. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG9_17","066_9_17","DAG","9","17","17","“Now therefore, our God, listen to the prayer of your servant, and to his petitions, and cause your face to shine on your sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG9_18","066_9_18","DAG","9","18","18","My God, turn your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see our desolations and the city which is called by your name; for we don’t present our petitions before you for our righteousness, but for your great mercies’ sake. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG9_19","066_9_19","DAG","9","19","19","Lord, hear. Lord, forgive. Lord, listen and do. Don’t defer, for your own sake, my God, because your city and your people are called by your name.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG9_20","066_9_20","DAG","9","20","20","While I was speaking, praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before Yahweh my God for the holy mountain of my God— ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG9_21","066_9_21","DAG","9","21","21","yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening offering. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG9_22","066_9_22","DAG","9","22","22","He instructed me and talked with me, and said, “Daniel, I have now come to give you wisdom and understanding. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG9_23","066_9_23","DAG","9","23","23","At the beginning of your petitions the commandment went out and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly beloved. Therefore consider the matter and understand the vision. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG9_24","066_9_24","DAG","9","24","24","“Seventy weeks are decreed on your people and on your holy city, to finish disobedience, to put an end to sin, to make reconciliation for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG9_25","066_9_25","DAG","9","25","25","“Know therefore and discern that from the going out of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem to the Anointed One, the prince, will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be built again with street and moat, even in troubled times. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG9_26","066_9_26","DAG","9","26","26","After the sixty-two weeks the Anointed One will be cut off and will have nothing. The people of the prince who come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end will be with a flood, and war will be even to the end. Desolations are determined. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG9_27","066_9_27","DAG","9","27","27","He will make a firm covenant with many for one week. In the middle of the week he will cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease. On the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate. Even to the full end that is decreed, wrath will be poured out on the desolate.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG10_1","066_10_1","DAG","10","1","1","In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a revelation was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar. The revelation was true, even a great warfare. He understood the revelation, and had understanding of the vision. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG10_2","066_10_2","DAG","10","2","2","In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three whole weeks. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG10_3","066_10_3","DAG","10","3","3","I ate no pleasant bread. No meat or wine came into my mouth. I didn’t anoint myself at all, until three whole weeks were fulfilled. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG10_4","066_10_4","DAG","10","4","4","In the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG10_5","066_10_5","DAG","10","5","5","I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a man clothed in linen, whose thighs were adorned with pure gold of Uphaz. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG10_6","066_10_6","DAG","10","6","6","His body also was like beryl, and his face like the appearance of lightning, and his eyes like flaming torches. His arms and his feet were like burnished bronze. The voice of his words was like the voice of a multitude. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG10_7","066_10_7","DAG","10","7","7","I, Daniel, alone saw the vision; for the men who were with me didn’t see the vision; but a great quaking fell on them, and they fled to hide themselves. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG10_8","066_10_8","DAG","10","8","8","So I was left alone, and saw this great vision. No strength remained in me; for my face grew deathly pale, and I retained no strength. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG10_9","066_10_9","DAG","10","9","9","Yet I heard the voice of his words. When I heard the voice of his words, then I fell into a deep sleep on my face, with my face toward the ground. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG10_10","066_10_10","DAG","10","10","10","Behold, a hand touched me, which set me on my knees and on the palms of my hands. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG10_11","066_10_11","DAG","10","11","11","He said to me, “Daniel, you greatly beloved man, understand the words that I speak to you. Stand upright, for I have been sent to you, now.” When he had spoken this word to me, I stood trembling. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG10_12","066_10_12","DAG","10","12","12","Then he said to me, “Don’t be afraid, Daniel; for from the first day that you set your heart to understand, and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard. I have come for your words’ sake. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG10_13","066_10_13","DAG","10","13","13","But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; but, behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me because I remained there with the kings of Persia. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG10_14","066_10_14","DAG","10","14","14","Now I have come to make you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days; for the vision is yet for many days.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG10_15","066_10_15","DAG","10","15","15","When he had spoken these words to me, I set my face toward the ground, and was mute. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG10_16","066_10_16","DAG","10","16","16","Behold, one in the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips. Then I opened my mouth, and spoke and said to him who stood before me, “My lord, by reason of the vision my sorrows have overtaken me, and I retain no strength. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG10_17","066_10_17","DAG","10","17","17","For how can the servant of my lord talk with my lord? For as for me, immediately there remained no strength in me. There was no breath left in me.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG10_18","066_10_18","DAG","10","18","18","Then one like the appearance of a man touched me again, and he strengthened me. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG10_19","066_10_19","DAG","10","19","19","He said, “Greatly beloved man, don’t be afraid. Peace be to you. Be strong. Yes, be strong.” When he spoke to me, I was strengthened, and said, “Let my lord speak; for you have strengthened me.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG10_20","066_10_20","DAG","10","20","20","Then he said, “Do you know why I have come to you? Now I will return to fight with the prince of Persia. When I go out, behold, the prince of Greece will come. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG10_21","066_10_21","DAG","10","21","21","But I will tell you what is inscribed in the writing of truth. There is no one who supports me against these except Michael, your prince. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_1","066_11_1","DAG","11","1","1","“As for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_2","066_11_2","DAG","11","2","2","“Now I will show you the truth. Behold, three more kings will stand up in Persia. The fourth will be far richer than all of them. When he has grown strong through his riches, he will stir up all against the realm of Greece. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_3","066_11_3","DAG","11","3","3","A mighty king will stand up who will rule with great dominion, and do according to his will. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_4","066_11_4","DAG","11","4","4","When he stands up, his kingdom will be broken, and will be divided toward the four winds of the sky, but not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion with which he ruled; for his kingdom will be plucked up, even for others besides these. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_5","066_11_5","DAG","11","5","5","“The king of the south will be strong. One of his princes will become stronger than him and have dominion. His dominion will be a great dominion. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_6","066_11_6","DAG","11","6","6","At the end of years they will join themselves together. The daughter of the king of the south will come to the king of the north to make an agreement, but she will not retain the strength of her arm. He will also not stand, nor will his arm; but she will be given up, with those who brought her and he who became her father, and he who strengthened her in those times. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_7","066_11_7","DAG","11","7","7","“But out of a shoot from her roots one will stand up in his place who will come to the army and will enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and will deal against them and will prevail. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_8","066_11_8","DAG","11","8","8","He will also carry their gods, with their molten images and their precious vessels of silver and of gold, captive into Egypt. He will refrain some years from the king of the north. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_9","066_11_9","DAG","11","9","9","He will come into the realm of the king of the south, but he will return into his own land. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_10","066_11_10","DAG","11","10","10","His sons will wage war and will assemble a multitude of great forces which will keep coming and overflow and pass through. They will return and wage war, even to his fortress. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_11","066_11_11","DAG","11","11","11","“The king of the south will be moved with anger and will come out and fight with him, even with the king of the north. He will send out a great multitude, and the multitude will be given into his hand. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_12","066_11_12","DAG","11","12","12","The multitude will be lifted up, and his heart will be exalted. He will cast down tens of thousands, but he won’t prevail. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_13","066_11_13","DAG","11","13","13","The king of the north will return, and will send out a multitude greater than the former. He will come on at the end of the times, even of years, with a great army and with abundant supplies. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_14","066_11_14","DAG","11","14","14","“In those times many will stand up against the king of the south. Also the children of the violent among your people will lift themselves up to establish the vision; but they will fall. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_15","066_11_15","DAG","11","15","15","So the king of the north will come and cast up a mound, and take a well-fortified city. The forces of the south won’t stand, neither will his chosen people, neither will there be any strength to stand. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_16","066_11_16","DAG","11","16","16","But he who comes against him will do according to his own will, and no one will stand before him. He will stand in the glorious land, and destruction will be in his hand. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_17","066_11_17","DAG","11","17","17","He will set his face to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and with him equitable conditions. He will perform them. He will give him the daughter of women to corrupt her; but she will not stand, and won’t be for him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_18","066_11_18","DAG","11","18","18","After this he will turn his face to the islands, and will take many; but a prince will cause the reproach offered by him to cease. Yes, moreover, he will cause his reproach to turn on him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_19","066_11_19","DAG","11","19","19","Then he will turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land; but he will stumble and fall, and won’t be found. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_20","066_11_20","DAG","11","20","20","“Then one who will cause a tax collector to pass through the kingdom to maintain its glory will stand up in his place; but within few days he shall be destroyed, not in anger, and not in battle. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_21","066_11_21","DAG","11","21","21","“In his place, a contemptible person will stand up, to whom they had not given the honor of the kingdom; but he will come in time of security, and will obtain the kingdom by flatteries. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_22","066_11_22","DAG","11","22","22","The overwhelming forces will be overwhelmed from before him, and will be broken. Yes, also the prince of the covenant. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_23","066_11_23","DAG","11","23","23","After the treaty is made with him, he will work deceitfully; for he will come up, and will become strong with a small people. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_24","066_11_24","DAG","11","24","24","In time of security, he will come even on the fattest places of the province. He will do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers’ fathers. He will scatter among them prey, plunder, and substance. Yes, he will devise his plans against the strongholds, even for a time. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_25","066_11_25","DAG","11","25","25","“He will stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south will wage war in battle with an exceedingly great and mighty army; but he won’t stand, for they will devise plans against him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_26","066_11_26","DAG","11","26","26","Yes, those who eat of his delicacies will destroy him, and his army will be swept away. Many will fall down slain. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_27","066_11_27","DAG","11","27","27","As for both these kings, their hearts will be to do mischief, and they will speak lies at one table; but it won’t prosper, for the end will still be at the appointed time. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_28","066_11_28","DAG","11","28","28","Then he will return into his land with great wealth. His heart will be against the holy covenant. He will take action and return to his own land. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_29","066_11_29","DAG","11","29","29","“He will return at the appointed time and come into the south; but it won’t be in the latter time as it was in the former. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_30","066_11_30","DAG","11","30","30","For ships of Kittim will come against him. Therefore he will be grieved, and will return, and have indignation against the holy covenant, and will take action. He will even return, and have regard to those who forsake the holy covenant. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_31","066_11_31","DAG","11","31","31","“Forces will stand on his part and they will profane the sanctuary, even the fortress, and will take away the continual burnt offering. Then they will set up the abomination that makes desolate. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_32","066_11_32","DAG","11","32","32","He will corrupt those who do wickedly against the covenant by flatteries; but the people who know their God will be strong and take action. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_33","066_11_33","DAG","11","33","33","“Those who are wise among the people will instruct many; yet they will fall by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder, many days. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_34","066_11_34","DAG","11","34","34","Now when they fall, they will be helped with a little help; but many will join themselves to them with flatteries. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_35","066_11_35","DAG","11","35","35","Some of those who are wise will fall, to refine them, and to purify, and to make them white, even to the time of the end; because it is yet for the appointed time. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_36","066_11_36","DAG","11","36","36","“The king will do according to his will. He will exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and will speak marvelous things against the God of gods. He will prosper until the indignation is accomplished; for what is determined will be done. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_37","066_11_37","DAG","11","37","37","He won’t regard the gods of his fathers, or the desire of women, or regard any god; for he will magnify himself above all. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_38","066_11_38","DAG","11","38","38","But in his place he will honor the god of fortresses. He will honor a god whom his fathers didn’t know with gold, silver, precious stones, and pleasant things. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_39","066_11_39","DAG","11","39","39","He will deal with the strongest fortresses by the help of a foreign god. He will increase with glory whoever acknowledges him. He will cause them to rule over many, and will divide the land for a price. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_40","066_11_40","DAG","11","40","40","“At the time of the end, the king of the south will contend with him; and the king of the north will come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, with horsemen, and with many ships. He will enter into the countries, and will overflow and pass through. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_41","066_11_41","DAG","11","41","41","He will enter also into the glorious land, and many countries will be overthrown; but these will be delivered out of his hand: Edom, Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_42","066_11_42","DAG","11","42","42","He will also stretch out his hand against the countries. The land of Egypt won’t escape. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_43","066_11_43","DAG","11","43","43","But he will have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt. The Libyans and the Ethiopians will be at his steps. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_44","066_11_44","DAG","11","44","44","But news out of the east and out of the north will trouble him; and he will go out with great fury to destroy and utterly to sweep away many. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG11_45","066_11_45","DAG","11","45","45","He will plant the tents of his palace between the sea and the glorious holy mountain; yet he will come to his end, and no one will help him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG12_1","066_12_1","DAG","12","1","1","“At that time Michael will stand up, the great prince who stands for the children of your people. There will be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time. At that time, your people will be delivered—everyone who is found written in the book. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG12_2","066_12_2","DAG","12","2","2","Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG12_3","066_12_3","DAG","12","3","3","Those who are wise will shine as the brightness of the expanse. Those who turn many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG12_4","066_12_4","DAG","12","4","4","But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, even to the time of the end. Many will run back and forth, and knowledge will be increased.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG12_5","066_12_5","DAG","12","5","5","Then I, Daniel, looked, and behold, two others stood, one on the river bank on this side, and the other on the river bank on that side. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG12_6","066_12_6","DAG","12","6","6","One said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long will it be to the end of these wonders?” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG12_7","066_12_7","DAG","12","7","7","I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by him who lives forever that it will be for a time, times, and a half; and when they have finished breaking in pieces the power of the holy people, all these things will be finished. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG12_8","066_12_8","DAG","12","8","8","I heard, but I didn’t understand. Then I said, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG12_9","066_12_9","DAG","12","9","9","He said, “Go your way, Daniel; for the words are shut up and sealed until the time of the end. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG12_10","066_12_10","DAG","12","10","10","Many will purify themselves, make themselves white, and be refined; but the wicked will do wickedly. None of the wicked will understand; but those who are wise will understand. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG12_11","066_12_11","DAG","12","11","11","“From the time that the continual burnt offering is taken away and the abomination that makes desolate set up, there will be one thousand two hundred ninety days. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG12_12","066_12_12","DAG","12","12","12","Blessed is he who waits and comes to the one thousand three hundred thirty-five days. ");
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INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_1","066_13_1","DAG","13","1","1","A man lived in Babylon, and his name was Joakim. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_2","066_13_2","DAG","13","2","2","He took a wife, whose name was Susanna, the daughter of Helkias, a very fair woman, and one who feared the Lord. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_3","066_13_3","DAG","13","3","3","Her parents were also righteous, and taught their daughter according to the law of Moses. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_4","066_13_4","DAG","13","4","4","Now Joakim was a great rich man, and had a beautiful garden next to his house. The Jews used to come to him, because he was more honorable than all others. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_5","066_13_5","DAG","13","5","5","The same year, two of the elders of the people were appointed to be judges, such as the Lord spoke of, that wickedness came from Babylon from elders who were judges, who were supposed to govern the people. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_6","066_13_6","DAG","13","6","6","These were often at Joakim’s house. All that had any lawsuits came to them. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_7","066_13_7","DAG","13","7","7","When the people departed away at noon, Susanna went into her husband’s garden to walk. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_8","066_13_8","DAG","13","8","8","The two elders saw her going in every day and walking; and they were inflamed with lust for her. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_9","066_13_9","DAG","13","9","9","They perverted their own mind and turned away their eyes, that they might not look to heaven, nor remember just judgments. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_10","066_13_10","DAG","13","10","10","And although they both were wounded with lust for her, yet dared not show the other his grief. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_11","066_13_11","DAG","13","11","11","For they were ashamed to declare their lust, what they desired to do with her. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_12","066_13_12","DAG","13","12","12","Yet they watched eagerly from day to day to see her. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_13","066_13_13","DAG","13","13","13","The one said to the other, “Let’s go home, now; for it is dinner time.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_14","066_13_14","DAG","13","14","14","So when they had gone out, they parted company, and turning back again, they came to the same place. After they had asked one another the cause, they acknowledged their lust. Then they appointed a time both together, when they might find her alone. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_15","066_13_15","DAG","13","15","15","It happened, as they watched on an opportune day, she went in as before with only two maids, and she desired to wash herself in the garden; for it was hot. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_16","066_13_16","DAG","13","16","16","There was nobody there except the two elders who had hid themselves and watched her. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_17","066_13_17","DAG","13","17","17","Then she said to her maids, “Bring me olive oil and ointment, and shut the garden doors, that I may wash myself.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_18","066_13_18","DAG","13","18","18","They did as she asked them and shut the garden doors, and went out themselves at the side doors to fetch the things that she had commanded them. They didn’t see the elders, because they were hidden. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_19","066_13_19","DAG","13","19","19","Now when the maids had gone out, the two elders rose up and ran to her, saying, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_20","066_13_20","DAG","13","20","20","“Behold, the garden doors are shut, that no man can see us, and we are in love with you. Therefore consent to us, and lie with us. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_21","066_13_21","DAG","13","21","21","If you will not, we will testify against you, that a young man was with you; therefore you sent your maids away from you.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_22","066_13_22","DAG","13","22","22","Then Susanna sighed, and said, “I am trapped; for if I do this thing, it is death to me. If I don’t do it, I can’t escape your hands. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_23","066_13_23","DAG","13","23","23","It is better for me to fall into your hands, and not do it, than to sin in the sight of the Lord.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_24","066_13_24","DAG","13","24","24","With that Susanna cried with a loud voice; and the two elders cried out against her. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_25","066_13_25","DAG","13","25","25","Then one of them ran and opened the garden doors. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_26","066_13_26","DAG","13","26","26","So when the servants of the house heard the cry in the garden, they rushed in at the side door to see what had happened to her. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_27","066_13_27","DAG","13","27","27","But when the elders had told their tale, the servants were greatly ashamed; for there was never such a report made of Susanna. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_28","066_13_28","DAG","13","28","28","It came to pass on the next day, when the people assembled to her husband Joakim, the two elders came full of their wicked intent against Susanna to put her to death, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_29","066_13_29","DAG","13","29","29","and said before the people, “Send for Susanna, the daughter of Helkias, Joakim’s wife.” So they sent; ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_30","066_13_30","DAG","13","30","30","and she came with her father and mother, her children, and all her kindred. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_31","066_13_31","DAG","13","31","31","Now Susanna was a very delicate woman, and beautiful to behold. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_32","066_13_32","DAG","13","32","32","These wicked men commanded her to be unveiled, for she was veiled, that they might be filled with her beauty. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_33","066_13_33","DAG","13","33","33","Therefore her friends and all who saw her wept. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_34","066_13_34","DAG","13","34","34","Then the two elders stood up in the midst of the people and laid their hands upon her head. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_35","066_13_35","DAG","13","35","35","She, weeping, looked up toward heaven; for her heart trusted in the Lord. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_36","066_13_36","DAG","13","36","36","The elders said, “As we walked in the garden alone, this woman came in with two maids, shut the garden doors, and sent the maids away. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_37","066_13_37","DAG","13","37","37","Then a young man who was hidden there came to her and lay with her. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_38","066_13_38","DAG","13","38","38","And we, being in a corner of the garden, saw this wickedness and ran to them. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_39","066_13_39","DAG","13","39","39","And when we saw them together, we couldn’t hold the man; for he was stronger than we, and opened the doors, and leaped out. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_40","066_13_40","DAG","13","40","40","But having taken this woman, we asked who the young man was, but she would not tell us. We testify these things. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_41","066_13_41","DAG","13","41","41","Then the assembly believed them, as those who were elders of the people and judges; so they condemned her to death. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_42","066_13_42","DAG","13","42","42","Then Susanna cried out with a loud voice, and said, “O everlasting God, you know the secrets, and know all things before they happen. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_43","066_13_43","DAG","13","43","43","You know that they have testified falsely against me. Behold, I must die, even though I never did such things as these men have maliciously invented against me.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_44","066_13_44","DAG","13","44","44","The Lord heard her voice. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_45","066_13_45","DAG","13","45","45","Therefore when she was led away to be put to death, God raised up the holy spirit of a young youth, whose name was Daniel. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_46","066_13_46","DAG","13","46","46","He cried with a loud voice, “I am clear from the blood of this woman!” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_47","066_13_47","DAG","13","47","47","Then all the people turned them toward him, and said, “What do these words that you have spoken mean?” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_48","066_13_48","DAG","13","48","48","So he, standing in the midst of them, said, “Are you all such fools, you sons of Israel, that without examination or knowledge of the truth you have condemned a daughter of Israel? ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_49","066_13_49","DAG","13","49","49","Return again to the place of judgment; for these have testified falsely against her.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_50","066_13_50","DAG","13","50","50","Therefore all the people turned again in haste, and the elders said to him, “Come, sit down among us, and show it to us, seeing God has given you the honor of an elder.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_51","066_13_51","DAG","13","51","51","Then Daniel said to them, “Put them far apart from each another, and I will examine them.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_52","066_13_52","DAG","13","52","52","So when they were put apart one from another, he called one of them, and said to him, “O you who have become old in wickedness, now your sins have returned which you have committed before, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_53","066_13_53","DAG","13","53","53","in pronouncing unjust judgment, condemning the innocent, and letting the guilty go free; although the Lord says, ‘You shall not kill the innocent and righteous.’ ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_54","066_13_54","DAG","13","54","54","Now then, if you saw her, tell me, under which tree did you see them companying together?” He answered, “Under a mastick tree.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_55","066_13_55","DAG","13","55","55","And Daniel said, “You have certainly lied against your own head; for even now the angel of God has received the sentence of God and will cut you in two.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_56","066_13_56","DAG","13","56","56","So he put him aside, and commanded to bring the other, and said to him, “O you seed of Canaan, and not of Judah, beauty has deceived you, and lust has perverted your heart. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_57","066_13_57","DAG","13","57","57","Thus you have dealt with the daughters of Israel, and they for fear were intimate with you; but the daughter of Judah would not tolerate your wickedness. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_58","066_13_58","DAG","13","58","58","Now therefore tell me, under which tree did you take them being intimate together?” He answered, “Under an evergreen oak tree.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_59","066_13_59","DAG","13","59","59","Then Daniel said to him, “You have also certainly lied against your own head; for the angel of God waits with the sword to cut you in two, that he may destroy you.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_60","066_13_60","DAG","13","60","60","With that, all the assembly cried out with a loud voice, and blessed God, who saves those who hope in him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_61","066_13_61","DAG","13","61","61","Then they arose against the two elders, for Daniel had convicted them of false testimony out of their own mouth. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_62","066_13_62","DAG","13","62","62","According to the law of Moses they did to them what they maliciously intended to do to their neighbor. They put them to death, and the innocent blood was saved the same day. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_63","066_13_63","DAG","13","63","63","Therefore Helkias and his wife praised God for their daughter Susanna, with Joakim her husband, and all the kindred, because there was no dishonesty found in her. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG13_64","066_13_64","DAG","13","64","64","And from that day forth, Daniel had a great reputation in the sight of the people. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_1","066_14_1","DAG","14","1","1","King Astyages was gathered to his fathers, and Cyrus the Persian received his kingdom. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_2","066_14_2","DAG","14","2","2","Daniel lived with the king, and was honored above all his friends. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_3","066_14_3","DAG","14","3","3","Now the Babylonians had an idol called Bel, and every day twelve great measures of fine flour, forty sheep, and six firkins of wine were spent on it. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_4","066_14_4","DAG","14","4","4","The king honored it and went daily to worship it; but Daniel worshiped his own God. The king said to him, “Why don’t you worship Bel?” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_5","066_14_5","DAG","14","5","5","He said, “Because I may not honor idols made with hands, but only the living God, who has created the sky and the earth, and has sovereignty over all flesh.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_6","066_14_6","DAG","14","6","6","Then the king said to him, “Don’t you think that Bel is a living god? Don’t you see how much he eats and drinks every day?” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_7","066_14_7","DAG","14","7","7","Then Daniel laughed, and said, “O king, don’t be deceived; for this is just clay inside, and brass outside, and never ate or drank anything.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_8","066_14_8","DAG","14","8","8","So the king was angry, and called for his priests, and said to them, “If you don’t tell me who this is who devours these expenses, you shall die. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_9","066_14_9","DAG","14","9","9","But if you can show me that Bel devours them, then Daniel shall die; for he has spoken blasphemy against Bel.” Daniel said to the king, “Let it be according to your word.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_10","066_14_10","DAG","14","10","10","Now there were seventy priests of Bel, besides their wives and children. The king went with Daniel into Bel’s temple. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_11","066_14_11","DAG","14","11","11","So Bel’s priests said, “Behold, we will leave; but you, O king, set out the food, and mix the wine and set it out, shut the door securely, and seal it with your own signet. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_12","066_14_12","DAG","14","12","12","When you come in the morning, if you don’t find that Bel has eaten everything, we will suffer death, or else Daniel, who speaks falsely against us.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_13","066_14_13","DAG","14","13","13","They weren’t concerned, for under the table they had made a secret entrance, by which they entered in continually, and consumed those things. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_14","066_14_14","DAG","14","14","14","It happened, when they had gone out, the king set the food before Bel. Now Daniel had commanded his servants to bring ashes, and they scattered them all over the temple in the presence of the king alone. Then they went out, shut the door, sealed it with the king’s signet, and so departed. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_15","066_14_15","DAG","14","15","15","Now in the night, the priests came with their wives and children, as they usually did, and ate and drank it all. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_16","066_14_16","DAG","14","16","16","In the morning, the king arose, and Daniel with him. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_17","066_14_17","DAG","14","17","17","The king said, “Daniel, are the seals whole?” He said, “Yes, O king, they are whole.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_18","066_14_18","DAG","14","18","18","And as soon as he had opened the door, the king looked at the table, and cried with a loud voice, “You are great, O Bel, and with you is no deceit at all!” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_19","066_14_19","DAG","14","19","19","Then Daniel laughed, and held the king that he should not go in, and said, “Behold now the pavement, and mark well whose footsteps these are.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_20","066_14_20","DAG","14","20","20","The king said, “I see the footsteps of men, women, and children.” Then the king was angry, ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_21","066_14_21","DAG","14","21","21","and took the priests with their wives and children, who showed him the secret doors, where they came in and consumed the things that were on the table. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_22","066_14_22","DAG","14","22","22","Therefore the king killed them, and delivered Bel into Daniel’s power, who overthrew it and its temple. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_23","066_14_23","DAG","14","23","23","In that same place there was a great dragon which the people of Babylon worshiped. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_24","066_14_24","DAG","14","24","24","The king said to Daniel, “Will you also say that this is of brass? Behold, he lives, eats and drinks. You can’t say that he is no living god. Therefore worship him.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_25","066_14_25","DAG","14","25","25","Then Daniel said, “I will worship the Lord my God; for he is a living God. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_26","066_14_26","DAG","14","26","26","But allow me, O king, and I will kill this dragon without sword or staff.” The king said, “I allow you.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_27","066_14_27","DAG","14","27","27","Then Daniel took pitch, fat, and hair, and melted them together, and made lumps of them. He put these in the dragon’s mouth, so the dragon ate and burst apart. Daniel said, “Behold, these are the gods you all worship.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_28","066_14_28","DAG","14","28","28","When the people of Babylon heard that, they took great indignation, and conspired against the king, saying, “The king has become a Jew. He has pulled down Bel, slain the dragon, and put the priests to the sword.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_29","066_14_29","DAG","14","29","29","So they came to the king, and said, “Deliver Daniel to us, or else we will destroy you and your house.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_30","066_14_30","DAG","14","30","30","Now when the king saw that they trapped him, being constrained, the king delivered Daniel to them. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_31","066_14_31","DAG","14","31","31","They cast him into the lion’s den, where he was six days. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_32","066_14_32","DAG","14","32","32","There were seven lions in the den, and they had been giving them two carcasses and two sheep every day, which then were not given to them, intending that they would devour Daniel. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_33","066_14_33","DAG","14","33","33","Now there was in Jewry the prophet Habakkuk, who had made stew, and had broken bread into a bowl. He was going into the field to bring it to the reapers. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_34","066_14_34","DAG","14","34","34","But the angel of the Lord said to Habakkuk, “Go carry the dinner that you have into Babylon to Daniel, in the lions’ den.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_35","066_14_35","DAG","14","35","35","Habakkuk said, “Lord, I never saw Babylon. I don’t know where the den is.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_36","066_14_36","DAG","14","36","36","Then the angel of the Lord took him by the crown, and lifted him up by the hair of his head, and with the blast of his breath set him in Babylon over the den. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_37","066_14_37","DAG","14","37","37","Habakkuk cried, saying, “O Daniel, Daniel, take the dinner which God has sent you.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_38","066_14_38","DAG","14","38","38","Daniel said, “You have remembered me, O God! You haven’t forsaken those who love you!” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_39","066_14_39","DAG","14","39","39","So Daniel arose and ate; and the angel of God set Habakkuk in his own place again immediately. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_40","066_14_40","DAG","14","40","40","On the seventh day, the king came to mourn for Daniel. When he came to the den, he looked in, and, behold, Daniel was sitting. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_41","066_14_41","DAG","14","41","41","Then the king cried with a loud voice, saying, “Great are you, O Lord, you God of Daniel, and there is none other beside you!” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("DG14_42","066_14_42","DAG","14","42","42","So he drew him out, and cast those that were the cause of his destruction into the den; and they were devoured in a moment before his face. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("MT1_1","070_1_1","MAT","1","1","1","The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("MT1_2","070_1_2","MAT","1","2","2","Abraham became the father of Isaac. Isaac became the father of Jacob. Jacob became the father of Judah and his brothers. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("MT1_3","070_1_3","MAT","1","3","3","Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar. Perez became the father of Hezron. Hezron became the father of Ram. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("MT1_4","070_1_4","MAT","1","4","4","Ram became the father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the father of Nahshon. Nahshon became the father of Salmon. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("MT1_5","070_1_5","MAT","1","5","5","Salmon became the father of Boaz by Rahab. Boaz became the father of Obed by Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("MT1_6","070_1_6","MAT","1","6","6","Jesse became the father of King David. David the king became the father of Solomon by her who had been Uriah’s wife. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("MT1_7","070_1_7","MAT","1","7","7","Solomon became the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam became the father of Abijah. Abijah became the father of Asa. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("MT1_8","070_1_8","MAT","1","8","8","Asa became the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat became the father of Joram. Joram became the father of Uzziah. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("MT1_9","070_1_9","MAT","1","9","9","Uzziah became the father of Jotham. Jotham became the father of Ahaz. Ahaz became the father of Hezekiah. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("MT1_10","070_1_10","MAT","1","10","10","Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh. Manasseh became the father of Amon. Amon became the father of Josiah. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("MT1_11","070_1_11","MAT","1","11","11","Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("MT1_12","070_1_12","MAT","1","12","12","After the exile to Babylon, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel became the father of Zerubbabel. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("MT1_13","070_1_13","MAT","1","13","13","Zerubbabel became the father of Abiud. Abiud became the father of Eliakim. Eliakim became the father of Azor. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("MT1_14","070_1_14","MAT","1","14","14","Azor became the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Achim. Achim became the father of Eliud. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("MT1_15","070_1_15","MAT","1","15","15","Eliud became the father of Eleazar. Eleazar became the father of Matthan. Matthan became the father of Jacob. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("MT1_16","070_1_16","MAT","1","16","16","Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("MT1_17","070_1_17","MAT","1","17","17","So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the exile to Babylon fourteen generations; and from the carrying away to Babylon to the Christ, fourteen generations. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("MT1_18","070_1_18","MAT","1","18","18","Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this: After his mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("MT1_19","070_1_19","MAT","1","19","19","Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("MT1_20","070_1_20","MAT","1","20","20","But when he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, don’t be afraid to take to yourself Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("MT1_21","070_1_21","MAT","1","21","21","She shall give birth to a son. You shall name him Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins.” ");
INSERT INTO WorldEnglishBible_Catholic__vpl VALUES ("MT1_22","070_1_22","MAT","1","22","22","Now all this has happened that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, ");
