2 Maccabees 1:11
King James VersionSource notes
“Insomuch as God hath delivered us from great perils, we thank him highly, as having been in battle against a king.”
Context
8And burned the porch, and shed innocent blood: then we prayed unto the Lord, and were heard; we offered also sacrifices and fine flour, and lighted the lamps, and set forth the loaves.
9And now see that ye keep the feast of tabernacles in the month Casleu.
10In the hundred fourscore and eighth year, the people that were at Jerusalem and in Judea, and the council, and Judas, sent greeting and health unto Aristobulus, king Ptolemeus’ master, who was of the stock of the anointed priests, and to the Jews that were in Egypt:
11Insomuch as God hath delivered us from great perils, we thank him highly, as having been in battle against a king.
12For he cast them out that fought within the holy city.
13For when the leader was come into Persia, and the army with him that seemed invincible, they were slain in the temple of Nanea by the deceit of Nanea’s priests.
14For Antiochus, as though he would marry her, came into the place, and his friends that were with him, to receive money in name of a dowry.