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In those days there appeared in Israel men who were breakers of the law, and they seduced many people, saying: "Let us go and make an alliance with the Gentiles all around us; since we separated from them, many evils have come upon us." (1 Maccabees 1,11)

Jerusalem was uninhabited, like a desert; not one of her children entered or came out. The sanctuary was trampled on, and foreigners were in the citadel; it was a habitation of Gentiles. Joy had disappeared from Jacob, and the flute and the harp were silent. (1 Maccabees 3,45)

But at daybreak Judas appeared in the plain with three thousand men, who lacked such armor and swords as they would have wished. (1 Maccabees 4,6)

As Judas was finishing this speech, a detachment appeared, looking down from the mountain. (1 Maccabees 4,19)

After the death of Judas, the transgressors of the law raised their heads in every part of Israel, and all kinds of evildoers appeared. (1 Maccabees 9,23)

We shall be celebrating the purification of the temple on the twenty-fifth day of the month Chislev, so we thought it right to inform you, that you too may celebrate the feast of Booths and of the fire that appeared when Nehemiah, the rebuilder of the temple and the altar, offered sacrifices. (2 Maccabees 1,18)

Then the Lord will disclose these things, and the glory of the Lord will be seen in the cloud, just as it appeared in the time of Moses and when Solomon prayed that the Place might be gloriously sanctified." (2 Maccabees 2,8)

There appeared to them a richly caparisoned horse, mounted by a dreadful rider. Charging furiously, the horse attacked Heliodorus with its front hoofs. The rider was seen to be wearing golden armor. (2 Maccabees 3,25)

Then two other young men, remarkably strong, strikingly beautiful, and splendidly attired, appeared before him. Standing on each side of him, they flogged him unceasingly until they had given him innumerable blows. (2 Maccabees 3,26)

While the high priest was offering the sacrifice of atonement, the same young men in the same clothing again appeared and stood before Heliodorus. "Be very grateful to the high priest Onias," they told him. "It is for his sake that the Lord has spared your life. (2 Maccabees 3,33)

Since you have been scourged by Heaven, proclaim to all men the majesty of God's power." When they had said this, they disappeared. (2 Maccabees 3,34)

It then happened that all over the city, for nearly forty days, there appeared horsemen charging in midair, clad in garments interwoven with gold--companies fully armed with lances (2 Maccabees 5,2)