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2 Maccabees

Read 2 Maccabees online — faith under persecution: martyrs, miracles, and mercy

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1 The brethren, the Jews that be at Jerusalem and in the land of Judea, wish unto the brethren, the Jews that are throug…

1 It is also found in the records, that Jeremy the prophet commanded them that were carried away to take of the fire, as…

1 Now when the holy city was inhabited with all peace, and the laws were kept very well, because of the godliness of Oni…

1 This Simon now, of whom we spake afore, having been a betrayer of the money, and of his country, slandered Onias, as i…

1 About the same time Antiochus prepared his second voyage into Egypt: 2 And then it happened, that through all the city…

1 Not long after this the king sent an old man of Athens to compel the Jews to depart from the laws of their fathers, an…

1 It came to pass also, that seven brethren with their mother were taken, and compelled by the king against the law to t…

1 Then Judas Maccabeus, and they that were with him, went privily into the towns, and called their kinsfolks together, a…

1 About that time came Antiochus with dishonour out of the country of Persia. 2 For he had entered the city called Perse…

1 Now Maccabeus and his company, the Lord guiding them, recovered the temple and the city: 2 But the altars which the he…

1 Not long after the Lysias the king’s protector and cousin, who also managed the affairs, took sore displeasure for the…

1 When these covenants were made, Lysias went unto the king, and the Jews were about their husbandry. 2 But of the gover…

1 In the hundred forty and ninth year it was told Judas, that Antiochus Eupator was coming with a great power into Judea…

1 After three years was Judas informed, that Demetrius the son of Seleucus, having entered by the haven of Tripolis with…

1 But Nicanor, hearing that Judas and his company were in the strong places about Samaria, resolved without any danger t…