134 HISTORX OF THE OLD TESTAMEKT. kindness to win Mm oyer. He promised him honors and riches, even his own friendship, if he would renounce the Jewish religion ; but he would not yield. Then the king exhorted the mother to persuade her son to save his life, but she only the more encouraged her… … 5. While his mother was yet speaking to him, he boldly cried out : I will not obey the king, nor will I break the law of God.” When the king heard this, he was greatly incensed, and ordered him to be more cruelly tormented than any of the rest. Last of all, the mother suffered death with the same…
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