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Nehemiah and his companions called the liquid nephthar, meaning purification, but most people named it naphtha. (2 Maccabees 1, 36)
When Jeremiah heard of this, he reproved them: "The place is to remain unknown until God gathers his people together again and shows them mercy. (2 Maccabees 2, 7)
It is God who has saved all his people and has restored to all of them their heritage, the kingdom, the priesthood, and the sacred rites, (2 Maccabees 2, 17)
People rushed out of their houses in crowds to make public supplication, because the Place was in danger of being profaned. (2 Maccabees 3, 18)
So he had recourse to the king, not as an accuser of his countrymen, but as a man looking to the general and particular good of all the people. (2 Maccabees 4, 5)
Precisely because of this, they found themselves in serious trouble: the very people whose manner of life they emulated, and whom they desired to imitate in everything, became their enemies and oppressors. (2 Maccabees 4, 16)
After going to Joppa, he proceeded to Jerusalem. There he was received with great pomp by Jason and the people of the city, who escorted him with torchlights and acclamations; following this, he led his army into Phoenicia. (2 Maccabees 4, 22)
While these things were taking place, the people of Tarsus and Mallus rose in revolt, because their cities had been given as a gift to Antiochis, the king's mistress. (2 Maccabees 4, 30)
As a result, not only the Jews, but many people of other nations as well, were indignant and angry over the unjust murder of the man. (2 Maccabees 4, 35)
Many sacrilegious thefts had been committed by Lysimachus in the city with the connivance of Menelaus. When word was spread that a large number of gold vessels had been stolen, the people assembled in protest against Lysimachus. (2 Maccabees 4, 39)
Reacting against Lysimachus' attack, the people picked up stones or pieces of wood or handfuls of the ashes lying there and threw them in wild confusion at Lysimachus and his men. (2 Maccabees 4, 41)
Thus, those who had prosecuted the case for the city, for the people, and for the sacred vessels, quickly suffered unjust punishment. (2 Maccabees 4, 48)
