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1 Maccabees
Read 1 Maccabees online — the revolt and the rededication of the temple
16 chapters — your reading progress will grow here.
Chapters
Chapter I
1 And it happened, after that Alexander son of Philip, the Macedonian, who came out of the land of Chettim, had smitten …
Chapter II
1 In those days arose Mattathias the son of John, the son of Simeon, a priest of the sons of Joarib, from Jerusalem, and…
Chapter III
1 Then his son Judas, called Maccabeus, rose up in his stead. 2 And all his brethren helped him, and so did all they tha…
Chapter IV
1 Then took Gorgias five thousand footmen, and a thousand of the best horsemen, and removed out of the camp by night; 2 …
Chapter V
1 Now when the nations round about heard that the altar was built and the sanctuary renewed as before, it displeased the…
Chapter VI
1 About that time king Antiochus travelling through the high countries heard say, that Elymais in the country of Persia …
Chapter VII
1 In the hundred and one and fiftieth year Demetrius the son of Seleucus departed from Rome, and came up with a few men …
Chapter VIII
1 Now Judas had heard of the fame of the Romans, that they were mighty and valiant men, and such as would lovingly accep…
Chapter IX
1 Furthermore, when Demetrius heard that Nicanor and his host were slain in battle, he sent Bacchides and Alcimus into t…
Chapter X
1 In the hundred and sixtieth year Alexander, the son of Antiochus surnamed Epiphanes, went up and took Ptolemais: for t…
Chapter XI
1 And the king of Egypt gathered together a great host, like the sand that lieth upon the sea shore, and many ships, and…
Chapter XII
1 Now when Jonathan saw that time served him, he chose certain men, and sent them to Rome, for to confirm and renew the …
Chapter XIII
1 Now when Simon heard that Tryphon had gathered together a great host to invade the land of Judea, and destroy it, 2 An…
Chapter XIV
1 Now in the hundred threescore and twelfth year king Demetrius gathered his forces together, and went into Media to get…
Chapter XV
1 Moreover Antiochus son of Demetrius the king sent letters from the isles of the sea unto Simon the priest and prince o…
Chapter XVI
1 Then came up John from Gazera, and told Simon his father what Cendebeus had done. 2 Wherefore Simon called his two eld…
