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Nehemiah and his companions called the place "Nephtar" which means "purification" but afterwards, many called it "Naphtha." (2 Maccabees 1, 36)
The priests in their sacred vestments stood before the altar and called upon Heaven: he who had given the law governing deposits should now preserve them for those who had deposited them. (2 Maccabees 3, 15)
When King Seleucus died, his son Antiochus who was called Epiphanes, succeeded to the throne. Then, Jason, the brother of Onias the High Priest, usurped the office of high priest. (2 Maccabees 4, 7)
Meanwhile, Judas, also called Maccabeus, and his companions, would enter secretly into the villages, call their relatives, summon those who had remained faithful to Judaism, and finally they assembled about six thousand men. (2 Maccabees 8, 1)
When he entered a city called Persepolis, and tried to plunder the temple and seize the city, its inhabitants rebelled and took up arms against him. This people threw Antiochus and his men out. They fled and returned very much humiliated. (2 Maccabees 9, 2)
This is all that refers to the death of Antiochus, called Epiphanes. (2 Maccabees 10, 9)
Now Ptolemy, called Macron, was the first governor to do justice to the Jews. He was upset by injustices done against them, so he tried to solve all their problems satisfactorily. (2 Maccabees 10, 12)
But the Friends of King Eupator made use of this to accuse him before the king. They continually called him a traitor, reminding him that he had once abandoned the land of Cyprus, which had been entrusted to him by Philometor, in order to go over to Antiochus Epiphanes. Since he could not discharge his high office with dignity, he was driven to despair and committed suicide by poisoning himself. (2 Maccabees 10, 13)
Timothy took refuge in a heavily guarded fortress called Gezer where Chereas was in command. (2 Maccabees 10, 32)
Judas attacked a city strongly fortified with ditches and walls. The city was called Caspin. People of every race lived there. (2 Maccabees 12, 13)
The men of Judas called on the great Sovereign of the world who had demolished the walls of Jericho without engines of war during the time of Joshua, and then rushed furiously upon the walls. (2 Maccabees 12, 15)
When Timotheus learned that Judas was approaching, he sent the women and children away with a good deal of the baggage to a fortress called Carnaim which was in an impregnable place and difficult to reach because of the narrow approaches surrounding it. (2 Maccabees 12, 21)
