This book is not inspired by God and is not part of the Christian canon or the Jewish Tanakh. It is shown only for historical and study purposes. View full explanation 2 Maccabees 1:14 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)14 For under pretext of intending to marry her, Antiochus came to the place together with his friends, to secure most of its treasures as a dowry. See the chapterMore versionsCommon English Bible14 Since Antiochus came in order to marry the goddess, he and his political advisors came into the temple to take the great wealth as payment for her dowry. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version14 For Antiochus also came to the place with his friends, as if to live with her, and so that he would receive much money in the name of a dowry. See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version14 For Antiochus, with his friends, came to the place as though he would marry her, and that he might receive great sums of money under the title of a dowry. See the chapterGood News Translation (US Version)14 King Antiochus had gone to the temple with some of his most trusted advisers, so that he might marry the goddess and then take away most of the temple treasures as a wedding gift. See the chapterWorld English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers14 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. See the chapter |