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Behold, these are written in the chronicles of his priesthood, from the time he was made high
priest after his father.
The Second Book of the
Maccabees
CHAPTER MACCABEES 1
The brethren, the Jews that be at Jerusalem and in the land of Judea, wish unto the brethren, the
Jews that are throughout Egypt health and peace:
2
God be gracious unto you, and remember his covenant that he made with Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob, his faithful servants;
3
And give you all an heart to serve him, and to do his will, with a good courage and a willing
mind;
4
And open your hearts in his law and commandments, and send you peace,
5
And hear your prayers, and be at one with you, and never forsake you in time of trouble.
6
And now we be here praying for you.
7
What time as Demetrius reigned, in the hundred threescore and ninth year, we the Jews wrote
unto you in the extremity of trouble that came upon us in those years, from the time that Jason and
his company revolted from the holy land and kingdom,
8
And burned the porch, and shed innocent blood: then we prayed unto the Lord, and were heard;
we offered also sacrifices and fine flour, and lighted the lamps, and set forth the loaves.
9
And now see that ye keep the feast of tabernacles in the month Casleu.
10
In the hundred fourscore and eighth year, the people that were at Jerusalem and in Judea, and
the council, and Judas, sent greeting and health unto Aristobulus, king Ptolemeus' master, who was
of the stock of the anointed priests, and to the Jews that were in Egypt:
11
Insomuch as God hath delivered us from great perils, we thank him highly, as having been
in battle against a king.
12
For he cast them out that fought within the holy city.
13
For when the leader was come into Persia, and the army with him that seemed invincible,
they were slain in the temple of Nanea by the deceit of Nanea's priests.
14
For Antiochus, as though he would marry her, came into the place, and his friends that were
with him, to receive money in name of a dowry.
15
Which when the priests of Nanea had set forth, and he was entered with a small company into
the compass of the temple, they shut the temple as soon as Antiochus was come in:
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