11 Having been freed by God from great peril, we give thanks to him greatly, in as much as we have been struggling against so great a king.
12 For he caused those who fought against us and against the holy city to burst forth from Persia.
13 For when the commander himself was in Persia, and with him an immense army, he fell in the temple of Nanea, having been deceived by the counsel of the priests of Nanea.
14 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.
15 And when the priests of Nanea had made the proposal, and he had entered with a few men into the vestibule of the shrine, they closed the temple,
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