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And this was the last sigh he uttered, as he lay there dying under the lash, Lord, in thy holy wisdom this thou well knowest; I might have had life if I would, yet never a cruel pang my body endures, but my soul suffers it gladly for thy reverence. (2 Maccabees 6, 30)
Themselves if he nothing regarded, let him remember at least the covenant made with their fathers; the renown, too, of that holy name they bore! (2 Maccabees 8, 15)
Eight days of rejoicing they kept, with such ceremonies as belong to the feast of Tent-dwelling; it was a feast of tent-dwelling indeed they had kept a while back, when they lodged like beasts among the hill-side caverns! (2 Maccabees 10, 6)
Four days together, Machabaeus and his men eagerly pressed on the siege of it; (2 Maccabees 10, 33)
For two whole days they ransacked the fort, and at last came upon Timotheus✻ in his hiding-place; so they made an end of him, his brother Chaereas and Apollophanes perishing with him. (2 Maccabees 10, 37)
A holy and wholesome thought it is to pray for the dead, for their guilt’s undoing. (2 Maccabees 12, 46)
Entreat the Lord they did, and with one accord, for his mercy; wept they and fasted, and kept on their knees for three days together. Then Judas gave them the word to arm, (2 Maccabees 13, 12)
Now turn we to one Alcimus, that had been high priest formerly, but had wilfully incurred defilement in the days when folk began consorting with the Gentiles.✻ Little hope was left him, he should live to present himself at the altar again; (2 Maccabees 14, 3)
So Nicanor found himself quite outwitted; and he must needs make his way into the high and holy precincts of the temple, where even then the priests were offering their accustomed sacrifice. Judas, he said, must be handed over to him; (2 Maccabees 14, 31)
Holy thou art, and of all holy things the master; this house, that was so lately cleansed of its defilement, keep thou for ever undefiled. (2 Maccabees 14, 36)
But the Jews gainsaid him; for there were Jews that fought, unwillingly enough, under his orders. What, said they, wouldst thou fight beast-fashion, without mercy? This holy day respect thou needs must, in his honour that is God all-seeing. (2 Maccabees 15, 2)
who this might be, Onias told him forthwith: Here is one that loves our brethren, the people of Israel, well; one that for Israel and for every stone of the holy city prays much; God’s prophet Jeremias. (2 Maccabees 15, 14)
