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1Then his son Judas, called Maccabeus, rose up in his stead. 2And all his brethren helped him, and so did all they that held with his father, and they fought with cheerfulness the battle of Israel. 3So he gat his people great honour, and put on a breastplate as a giant, and girt his warlike…
1Then took Gorgias five thousand footmen, and a thousand of the best horsemen, and removed out of the camp by night; 2To the end he might rush in upon the camp of the Jews, and smite them suddenly. And the men of the fortress were his guides. 3Now when Judas heard thereof he himself removed,…
1In those days arose Mattathias the son of John, the son of Simeon, a priest of the sons of Joarib, from Jerusalem, and dwelt in Modin. 2And he had five sons, Joannan, called Caddis: 3Simon; called Thassi: 4Judas, who was called Maccabeus: 5Eleazar, called Avaran: and Jonathan, whose surname was Apphus. 6And when he saw…
1And it happened, after that Alexander son of Philip, the Macedonian, who came out of the land of Chettiim, had smitten Darius king of the Persians and Medes, that he reigned in his stead, the first over Greece, 2And made many wars, and won many strong holds, and slew the kings of the earth, 3And…
1O Lord, Almighty God of our fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and of their righteous seed; who hast made heaven and earth, with all the ornament thereof; who hast bound the sea by the word of thy commandment; who hast shut up the deep, and sealed it by thy terrible and glorious name; whom all…
1And king Astyages was gathered to his fathers, and Cyrus of Persia received his kingdom. 2And Daniel conversed with the king, and was honoured above all his friends. 3Now the Babylons had an idol, called Bel, and there were spent upon him every day twelve great measures of fine flour, and forty sheep, and six…
1There dwelt a man in Babylon, called Joacim: 2And he took a wife, whose name was Susanna, the daughter of Chelcias, a very fair woman, and one that feared the Lord. 3Her parents also were righteous, and taught their daughter according to the law of Moses. 4Now Joacim was a great rich man, and had…
1And they walked in the midst of the fire, praising God, and blessing the Lord. 2Then Azarias stood up, and prayed on this manner; and opening his mouth in the midst of the fire said, 3Blessed art thou, O Lord God of our fathers: thy name is worthy to be praised and glorified for evermore:…
1A copy of an epistle, which Jeremy sent unto them which were to be led captives into Babylon by the king of the Babylonians, to certify them, as it was commanded him of God. 2Because of the sins which ye have committed before God, ye shall be led away captives into Babylon by Nabuchodonosor king…
1Put off, O Jerusalem, the garment of mourning and affliction, and put on the comeliness of the glory that cometh from God for ever. 2Cast about thee a double garment of the righteousness which cometh from God; and set a diadem on thine head of the glory of the Everlasting. 3For God will shew thy…