2 Maccabees 14:35-37

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

³⁵ Thou, O Lord of all things, who wantest nothing, wast pleased that the temple of thy habitation should be amongst us.

³⁶ Therefore now, O Lord the holy of all holies, keep this house for ever undefiled which was lately cleansed.

³⁷ Now Razias, one of the ancients of Jerusalem, was accused to Nicanor, a man that was a lover of the city, and of good report, who for his affection was called the father of the Jews.