Tag: 2 Maccabees

  • THE SECOND BOOK OF MACCABEES 4

    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…

  • THE SECOND BOOK OF MACCABEES 3

    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…

  • THE SECOND BOOK OF MACCABEES 2

    2 Maccabees 2 1 How Jeremiah hid the tabernacle, the Ark, and the altar in the hill. 23 Of the five books of Jason contained in one. IT is also in the writings of Jeremias the Prophet, that he commanded them, which were carried away, to take fire, as was declared, and as the Prophet…

  • THE SECOND BOOK OF MACCABEES 1

    2 Maccabees 1 1 An epistle of the Jews that dwell at Jerusalem, sent unto them that dwell in Egypt, wherein they exhort them to give thanks for the death of Antiochus. 19 Of the fire that was hid in the pit. 24 The prayer of Neemias. THE brethren the Jews, which be at Jerusalem,…