2 Maccabees 9 1 Antiochus willing to spoil Persepolis, is put to flight. 5 As he persecutes the Jews, he is stricken of the Lord. 23 The feigned repentance of Antiochus. 28 He dies miserably. AT the same time, came Antiochus again with dishonor out of the country of Persia. For when he came to…

2 Maccabees 7 The punishment of the seven brethren and of their mother. IT came to pass also that seven brethren, with their mother, were taken to be compelled by the King against the Law, to taste swine’s flesh, and were tormented with scourges and whips. But one of them, which spake first, said thus,…

2 Maccabees 6 1 The Jews are compelled to leave the Law of God. 4 The Temple is defiled. 10 The women cruelly punished. 28 The grievous pain of Eleazarus. NOT long after this, sent the King an old man of Athens, for to compel the Jews, to transgress the Laws of the fathers, and not…

2 Maccabees 5 2 Of the signs and tokens seen in Jerusalem. 6 Of the end and wickedness of Jason. 11 The pursuit of Antiochus against the Jews. 13 The spoiling of the Temple. 2 Maccabeus flees into the wilderness. ABOUT the same time Antiochus undertook his second voyage into Egypt. And then were there…

2 Maccabees 4 1 Simon reports evil of Onias. 7 Jason obtains the office of the high Priest by corrupting the King. 27 And was by Menelaus defrauded by like bribing. 34 Onias is slain traitorously by Andronicus. THIS Simon now, of whom we spoke afore, being a betrayer [devulge, betray]* of the money and…

2 Maccabees 3 2 Of the honor done unto the Temple by the Kings of the Gentiles. 6 Simon utters what treasure is in the Temple. 7 Heliodorus is sent to take them away. 26 He is stricken of God and healed at the prayer of Onias. WHAT time as the holy city was inhabited…