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Such then was the end of Antiochus, who was called Epiphanes. (2 Maccabees 10, 9)
Ptolemy, who was called Macron, took the lead in showing justice to the Jews because of the wrong that had been done to them, and attempted to maintain peaceful relations with them. (2 Maccabees 10, 12)
As a result he was accused before Eupator by the king's friends. He heard himself called a traitor at every turn, because he had abandoned Cyprus, which Philometor had entrusted to him, and had gone over to Antiochus Epiphanes. Unable to command the respect due his office, he took poison and ended his life. (2 Maccabees 10, 13)
As he drew near, Maccabeus and his men sprinkled dust upon their heads and girded their loins with sackcloth, in supplication to God. (2 Maccabees 10, 25)
Just as dawn was breaking, the two armies joined battle, the one having as pledge of success and victory not only their valor but their reliance upon the Lord, while the other made rage their leader in the fight. (2 Maccabees 10, 28)
Timothy himself fled to a stronghold called Gazara, especially well garrisoned, where Chaereas was commander. (2 Maccabees 10, 32)
The men within, relying on the strength of the place, blasphemed terribly and hurled out wicked words. (2 Maccabees 10, 34)
Others who came up in the same way wheeled around against the defenders and set fire to the towers; they kindled fires and burned the blasphemers alive. Others broke open the gates and let in the rest of the force, and they occupied the city. (2 Maccabees 10, 36)
They killed Timothy, who was hidden in a cistern, and his brother Chaereas, and Apollophanes. (2 Maccabees 10, 37)
They hurled themselves like lions against the enemy, and slew eleven thousand of them and sixteen hundred horsemen, and forced all the rest to flee. (2 Maccabees 11, 11)
You will do well, therefore, to send word to them and give them pledges of friendship, so that they may know our policy and be of good cheer and go on happily in the conduct of their own affairs." (2 Maccabees 11, 26)
Therefore those who go home by the thirtieth day of Xanthicus will have our pledge of friendship and full permission (2 Maccabees 11, 30)
