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• So fled he with his sons into the hill-country, leaving his possessions behind, there in the city. (1 Maccabees 2, 28)

• Meanwhile, the life of Mattathias was drawing to an end. And this charge he gave to his sons: Here be days when tyrant and blasphemer have their will, when all is calamity and bitter retribution. (1 Maccabees 2, 49)

• The more reason, my sons, why you should be jealous lovers of the law, ready to give your lives for that covenant your fathers knew. (1 Maccabees 2, 50)

• Nay, my sons, take courage; in the law’s cause rally you, in the law’s annals you shall win renown. (1 Maccabees 2, 64)

• He was a hundred and forty-six years old when he died; his sons buried him where his fathers were buried, at Modin, and great lament all Israel made for the loss of him. (1 Maccabees 2, 70)

• And now his son Judas, that was called Machabaeus, came forward to succeed him; (1 Maccabees 3, 1)

• Three generals Lysias appointed for the task; Ptolemy son of Dorymenes, Nicanor and Gorgias, nobles all that were high in the royal favour; (1 Maccabees 3, 38)

• Not at Jerusalem; Jerusalem lay there, no city but a desert waste, nor any of her sons came and went; her sanctuary defiled, her citadel garrisoned by the alien, she was but a haunt of the Gentiles. Sad days for the men of Jacob; pipe nor harp sounded there now. (1 Maccabees 3, 45)

• thinking to reach the Jewish camp and strike a sudden blow at it; for guides, they had men of the Jerusalem garrison. (1 Maccabees 4, 2)

• Be sure there was singing of songs on their homeward journey, as they praised God in heaven, God who is gracious, whose mercy endures for ever. (1 Maccabees 4, 24)

• At the sight of their great numbers, this was Judas’ prayer: Blessed art thou, Saviour of Israel, who didst make use of thy servant David, a giant’s onset to overthrow! Victory thou didst give, over an invading army, to Saul’s son Jonathan and the squire that bore him company! (1 Maccabees 4, 30)

• sword of thy true lovers be their undoing, triumph-song of thy worshippers their dirge! (1 Maccabees 4, 33)