2 Maccabees 9:17-19

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁷ Yea also, that he would become a Jew himself, and would go through every place of the earth, and declare the power of God.

¹⁸ But his pains not ceasing (for the just judgment of God was come upon him) despairing of life he wrote to the Jews in the manner of a supplication, a letter in these words:

¹⁹ To his very good subjects the Jews, Antiochus king and ruler wisheth much health and welfare, and happiness.