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The priests of Nanaea had put these on display, and he for his part had entered the temple precincts with only a small retinue. As soon as Antiochus had gone inside the temple, the priests shut him in, (2 Maccabees 1, 15)
For when our ancestors were being deported to Persia, the devout priests of the time took some of the fire from the altar and hid it secretly in a hole like a dry well, where they concealed it in such a way that the place was unknown to anyone. (2 Maccabees 1, 19)
When some years had elapsed, in God's good time, Nehemiah, commissioned by the king of Persia, sent the descendants of the priests who had hidden the fire to look for it. When they reported that in fact they had found not fire but a thick liquid, Nehemiah ordered them to draw some out and bring it back. (2 Maccabees 1, 20)
When they had done this, Nehemiah ordered the priests to pour this liquid over the sacrificial materials, that is, the wood and what lay on it. (2 Maccabees 1, 21)
While the sacrifice was being burned, the priests offered prayer, Jonathan intoning with all the priests, and the rest responding with Nehemiah. (2 Maccabees 1, 23)
'The priests then chanted hymns accompanied by the harp. (2 Maccabees 1, 30)
When the matter became known and the king of the Persians heard that, in the place where the exiled priests had hidden the fire, a liquid had appeared, with which Nehemiah and his people had purified the sacrificial offerings, (2 Maccabees 1, 33)
To the people on whom the king bestowed it, he granted a part of the considerable revenue he derived from it. (2 Maccabees 1, 35)
Solomon similarly observed the eight-day festival. (2 Maccabees 2, 12)
'Since we are about to celebrate the purification, we now write, requesting you to observe the same days. (2 Maccabees 2, 16)
God, who has saved his whole people, conferring heritage, kingdom, priesthood and sanctification on all of us, (2 Maccabees 2, 17)
and the celestial manifestations that came to hearten the brave champions of Judaism, so that, few though they were, they pillaged the whole country, routed the barbarian hordes, (2 Maccabees 2, 21)
