Tag: 2 Maccabees

2 Maccabees 15 1 Nicanor goes about to come upon Judas on the Sabbath day. 3 The blasphemies of Nicanor. 14 Maccabeus expounding unto the the Jews was the vision, encouraged them. 21 The prayer of Maccabeus. 30 Maccabeus commanded Nicanor’s head and hands to be cut off, and his tongue to be given unto…

2 Maccabees 14 Demetrius moved by Alcimus sends Nicanor to kill the Jews. 18 Nicanor makes a compact with the Jews. 29 Which he yet breaks through the motion of the King. 17 Nicanor commands Raz is to be taken, who slays himself. AFTER three years was Judas informed that Demetrius the son of Selecius…

2 Maccabees 13 1 The coming of Eupator into Judea. 4 The death of Menelaus. 10 Maccabeus going to fight against Eupator, moves his soldiers unto prayer. 15 He kills fourteen thousand men in the tents of Antiochus. 21 Rhodocus the betrayer of the Jews is taken. IN the hundredth, forty and nine year it…

2 Maccabees 12 2 Timotheus troubles the Jews. 3 The wicked deed of them of Ioppe against the Jews. 6 Judas is avenged of them. 9 He sets fire in the haven of Iamnia. 20 The pursuit of the Jews against Timotheus. 24 Timotheus is taken and let go unhurt. 32 Judas pursues Gorgias. WHEN…

2 Maccabees 11 1 Lysias goes about to overcome the Jews. 8 Succor is sent from heaven unto the Jews. 16 The letter of Lysias unto the Jews. 20 The letter of King Antiochus unto Lysias. 27 A letter of the same unto the Jews. 34 A letter of the Romans to the Jews. VERY…

2 Maccabees 10 1 Judas Maccabeus takes the city and the Temple. 10 The acts of Eupater. 16 The Jews fight against the Idumeans. 24 Timotheus invaded Judea, with whom Judas joined battle. 29 Five men appear in the air to the help of the Jews. 3 Timotheus is slain. MACCABEUS now and his company,…

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…