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1About that time king Antiochus travelling through the high countries heard say, that Elymais in the country of Persia was a city greatly renowned for riches, silver, and gold; 2And that there was in it a very rich temple, wherein were coverings of gold, and breastplates, and shields, which Alexander, son of Philip, the Macedonian…
1Now when the nations round about heard that the altar was built and the sanctuary renewed as before, it displeased them very much. 2Wherefore they thought to destroy the generation of Jacob that was among them, and thereupon they began to slay and destroy the people. 3Then Judas fought against the children of Esau in…
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…