2 Maccabees 11:23
Good News Translation
Now that my father has gone to be with the gods, I want the subjects of my kingdom to conduct their own affairs without interference.

New Revised Standard Version
Now that our father has gone on to the gods, we desire that the subjects of the kingdom be undisturbed in caring for their own affairs.

Contemporary English Version
Now that my father is dead, I am letting everyone in my kingdom take charge of their own lives, without being bothered by anyone.

New American Bible
Now that our father has taken his place among the gods, we wish the subjects of our kingdom to be undisturbed in conducting their own affairs.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Our father being translated amongst the gods we are desirous that they that are in our realm should live quietly, and apply themselves diligently to their own concerns.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Our father being translated amongst the gods we are desirous that they that are in our realm should live quietly, and apply themselves diligently to their own concerns.

2 Maccabees 11:21
Fare ye well. In the year one hundred and forty-eight, the four and twentieth day of the month of Dioscorus.

2 Maccabees 11:22
But the king's letter contained these words King Antiochus to Lysias, his brother, greeting.

2 Maccabees 11:24
And we have heard that the Jews would not consent to my father to turn to the rites of the Greeks but that they would keep to their own manner of living and therefore that they request us to allow them to live after their own laws.

2 Maccabees 11:25
Wherefore being desirous that this nation also should be at rest, we have ordained and decreed, that the temple should be restored to them, and that they may live according to the custom of their ancestors.

Context
2 Maccabees 11
22But the king's letter contained these words King Antiochus to Lysias, his brother, greeting. 23Our father being translated amongst the gods we are desirous that they that are in our realm should live quietly, and apply themselves diligently to their own concerns. 24And we have heard that the Jews would not consent to my father to turn to the rites of the Greeks but that they would keep to their own manner of living and therefore that they request us to allow them to live after their own laws.…
Cross References
2 Maccabees 11:21
Fare ye well. In the year one hundred and forty-eight, the four and twentieth day of the month of Dioscorus.

2 Maccabees 11:22
But the king's letter contained these words King Antiochus to Lysias, his brother, greeting.

2 Maccabees 11:24
And we have heard that the Jews would not consent to my father to turn to the rites of the Greeks but that they would keep to their own manner of living and therefore that they request us to allow them to live after their own laws.

2 Maccabees 11:25
Wherefore being desirous that this nation also should be at rest, we have ordained and decreed, that the temple should be restored to them, and that they may live according to the custom of their ancestors.



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