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When Antiochus was came in: and opening a secret entrance of the temple, they cast stones and slew the leader, and them that were with him, and hewed them in pieces, and cutting off their heads they threw them forth. (2 Maccabees 1, 16)
Therefore whereas we purpose to keep the purification of the temple on the five and twentieth day of the month of Casleu, we thought it necessary to signify it to you: that you also may keep the day of Scenopegia, and the day of the fire, that was given when Nehemias offered sacrifice, after the temple and the altar was built. (2 Maccabees 1, 18)
Then he bade them draw it up, and bring it to him: and the priest Nehemias commanded the sacrifices that were laid on, to be sprinkled with the same water, both the wood, and the things that were laid upon it. (2 Maccabees 1, 21)
And when this matter became public, it was told to the king of Persia, that in the place where the priests that were led away, had hid the fire, there appeared water, with which Nehemias and they that were with him had purified the sacrifices. (2 Maccabees 1, 33)
And the king considering, and diligently examining the matter, made a temple for it, that he might prove what had happened. (2 Maccabees 1, 34)
For he treated wisdom in a magnificent manner: and like a wise man, he offered the sacrifice of the dedication, and of the finishing of the temple. (2 Maccabees 2, 9)
Now as concerning Judas Machabeus. and his brethren, and the purification of the great temple, and the dedication o the altar: (2 Maccabees 2, 20)
And recovered again the most renowned temple in all the world, and delivered the city, and restored the laws that were abolished, the Lord with all clemency shewing mercy to them. (2 Maccabees 2, 23)
It came to pass that even the kings themselves, and the princes esteemed the place worthy of the highest honour, and glorified the temple with very great gifts: (2 Maccabees 3, 2)
So that Seleucus king of Asia allowed out of his revenues all the charges be- longing to the ministry of the sacrifices. (2 Maccabees 3, 3)
But one Simon of the tribe of Benjamin, who was appointed overseer of the temple, strove in opposition to the high priest, to bring about some unjust thing in the city. (2 Maccabees 3, 4)
And told him, that the treasury in Jerusalem was full of immense sums of money, and the common store was infinite, which did not belong to the account of the sacrifices: and that it was possible to bring all into the king's hands. (2 Maccabees 3, 6)
