2 Maccabees 13:8
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
for inasmuch as he had committed many sins about the altar, whose fire and ashes were holy, he received his death in ashes.
Greek · Brenton
πάνυ δικαίως. Ἐπεὶ γὰρ συνετελέσατο πολλὰ περὶ τὸν βωμὸν ἁμαρτήματα, οὗ τὸ πῦρ ἁγνὸν ἦν καὶ ἡ σποδὸς, ἐν σποδῷ τὸν θάνατον ἐκομισατο.