1 And not long after this the king sent forth* an old man of Athens to compel the Jews to depart from the laws of their fathers, and not to live after…

1 Now about this time Antiochus made his second inroad into Egypt.2 And it so befell that throughout all the city, for the space of almost forty days, there appeared…

1 But the aforesaid Simon, he who had given information of the money, and had betrayed his country, slandered Onias, saying that it was he who had incited Heliodorus, and made himself the author of…

1 WHEN the holy city was inhabited with all peace, and the laws were kept very well, because of the godliness of Onias the high priest, and his hatred of wickedness, 2 it…

1 It is also found in the records, that Jeremiah the prophet commanded those who were carried away to take of the fire, as has been signified above: 2 and how that the prophet…

The Second Book of the Maccabees is recognized as Deuterocanonical Scripture by the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Russian Orthodox Churches. 1 1 The kindred, the Jews that are in Jerusalem and…

1 And John went up from Gazara, and told Simon his father what Cendebaeus was doing. 2 And Simon called his two oldest sons, Judas and John, and said to them, I and…

1 And Antiochus son of Demetrius the king sent letters from the isles of the sea to Simon the priest and*governor of the Jews, and to all the nation; 2 and the contents…

1 And Simon heard that Tryphon had gathered together a mighty army to come into the land of Judah, and destroy it utterly. 2 And he saw that the people trembled and was…

1 And Jonathan saw that the time served him, and he chose men, and sent them to Rome, to confirm and renew the friendship that they had with them.2 And to the…