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In the one hundred and forty-ninth year word came to Judas and his men that Antiochus Eupator was coming with a great army against Judea, (2 Maccabees 13, 1)
and with him Lysias, his guardian, who had charge of the government. Each of them had a Greek force of one hundred and ten thousand infantry, five thousand three hundred cavalry, twenty-two elephants, and three hundred chariots armed with scythes. (2 Maccabees 13, 2)
Menelaus also joined them and with utter hypocrisy urged Antiochus on, not for the sake of his country's welfare, but because he thought that he would be established in office. (2 Maccabees 13, 3)
By such a fate it came about that Menelaus the lawbreaker died, without even burial in the earth. (2 Maccabees 13, 7)
So, committing the decision to the Creator of the world and exhorting his men to fight nobly to the death for the laws, temple, city, country, and commonwealth, he pitched his camp near Modein. (2 Maccabees 13, 14)
He gave his men the watchword, "God's victory," and with a picked force of the bravest young men, he attacked the king's pavilion at night and slew as many as two thousand men in the camp. He stabbed the leading elephant and its rider. (2 Maccabees 13, 15)
The king negotiated a second time with the people in Beth-zur, gave pledges, received theirs, withdrew, attacked Judas and his men, was defeated; (2 Maccabees 13, 22)
he got word that Philip, who had been left in charge of the government, had revolted in Antioch; he was dismayed, called in the Jews, yielded and swore to observe all their rights, settled with them and offered sacrifice, honored the sanctuary and showed generosity to the holy place. (2 Maccabees 13, 23)
Three years later, word came to Judas and his men that Demetrius, the son of Seleucus, had sailed into the harbor of Tripolis with a strong army and a fleet, (2 Maccabees 14, 1)
first because I am genuinely concerned for the interests of the king, and second because I have regard also for my fellow citizens. For through the folly of those whom I have mentioned our whole nation is now in no small misfortune. (2 Maccabees 14, 8)
For as long as Judas lives, it is impossible for the government to find peace." (2 Maccabees 14, 10)
with orders to kill Judas and scatter his men, and to set up Alcimus as high priest of the greatest temple. (2 Maccabees 14, 13)
