2 Maccabees 1
CHAPTER 1. 1 To the brethren the Jews that are I throughout Egypt, the brethren, the Jews that are in Jerusalem, and in the land of Judea, send health, and…
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2 Maccabees 2
CHAPTER 2. 1 Now it is found in the descriptions of Jeremias the prophet, that he commanded them that went into captivity, to take the fire, as it hath been…
2 Maccabees 3
CHAPTER 3. 1 Therefore when the holy city was inhabited with all peace, and the laws as yet were very well kept, because of the godliness of Onias the high…
2 Maccabees 4
CHAPTER 4. 1 But Simon, of whom we spoke before, and of his country, spoke ill of Onias, as though he had incited Heliodorus to do these things, and had…
2 Maccabees 5
CHAPTER 5. 1 At the same time Antiochus prepared for a second journey into Egypt. 2 And it came to pass that through the whole city of Jerusalem for the…
2 Maccabees 6
CHAPTER 6. 1 But not long after the king sent a certain old man of Antioch, to compel the Jews to depart from the laws of their fathers and of…
2 Maccabees 7
CHAPTER 7. 1 It came to pass also, that seven brethren, together with their mother, were apprehended, and compelled by the king to eat swine’ s flesh against the law,…
2 Maccabees 8
CHAPTER 8. 1 But Judas Machabeus, and they that were with him, went privately into the towns: and calling together their kinsmen and friends, and taking unto them such as…
2 Maccabees 9
CHAPTER 9. 1 At that time Antiochus returned with dishonour out of Persia. 2 For he had entered into the city called Persepolis, and attempted to rob the temple, and…
2 Maccabees 10
CHAPTER 10. 1 But Machabeus, and they that were with him, by the protection of the Lord, recovered the temple and the city again. 2 But he threw down the…