2Macc

The brethren, the Jews that be at Jerusalem and in the land of Judea, wish unto the brethren, the Jews that are througho...

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

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

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

About the same time Antiochus prepared his second voyage into Egypt:

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

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

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

About that time came Antiochus with dishonour out of the country of Persia

Now Maccabeus and his company, the Lord guiding them, recovered the temple and the city: