1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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II Maccabees 15:38

So these things being done with relation to Nicanor, and from that time the city being possessed by the Hebrews, I also will here make an end of my narration.

So. Read 1 Machabees 8:1., where more on this subject is written. After other persecutors were overcome, the land was at rest, and the author adds this general conclusion. (Worthington)