17 Beyond these things, he would even become a Jew himself, and would travel through every place on earth and declare the power of God.
18 But, when his pains did not cease, (for the just judgment of God had overwhelmed him,) in despair he wrote to the Jews, in the manner of a supplication, a letter composed in this way:
19 'To the very good citizens of the Jews, Antiochus, king and ruler, wishes much health, and welfare, and happiness.
20 If you and your sons are faring well, and if everything is according to your will, we give very great thanks.
21 And so, fixed in infirmity, yet kindly remembering you, I am returning from the places of Persia, and, having been seized by a serious infirmity, I considered it necessary to have a concern for the common good,
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