1 Machabees 14
CHAPTER 14. 1 In the year one hundred and seventy-two, king Demetrius assembled has army, and went into Media to get him succours to fight against Tryphon. 2 And Arsaces…
1 Machabees 15
CHAPTER 15. 1 And king Antiochus the son of Demetrius sent letters from the isles of the sea to Simon the priest, and prince of the nation of the Jews,…
1 Machabees 16
CHAPTER 16. 1 Then John came up from Gazara, and told Simon his father what Cendebeus had done against their people. 2 And Simon called his two eldest sons, Judas…
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…
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,…