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They begged the Lord to do this, if not for their sake, at least for the sake of the covenants made with their forefathers, and because they themselves bore his holy, glorious name. (2 Maccabees 8, 15)
keeping before their eyes the lawless outrage perpetrated by the Gentiles against the holy Place and the affliction of the humiliated city, as well as the subversion of their ancestral way of life. (2 Maccabees 8, 17)
(There was also Eleazar.) After reading to them from the holy book and giving them the watchword, "The Help of God," he himself took charge of the first division and joined in battle with Nicanor. (2 Maccabees 8, 23)
that he would set free the holy city, toward which he had been hurrying with the intention of leveling it to the ground and making it a common graveyard; (2 Maccabees 9, 14)
he would adorn with the finest offerings the holy temple which he had previously despoiled; he would restore all the sacred vessels many times over; and would provide from his own revenues the expenses required for the sacrifices. (2 Maccabees 9, 16)
But if he did this with a view to the splendid reward that awaits those who had gone to rest in godliness, it was a holy and pious thought. (2 Maccabees 12, 45)
when they were about to be deprived of their law, their country, and their holy temple; and not to allow this nation, which had just begun to revive, to be subjected again to blasphemous Gentiles. (2 Maccabees 13, 11)
A certain Alcimus, a former high priest, who had willfully incurred defilement at the time of the revolt, realized that there was no way for him to salvage his position and regain access to the holy altar. (2 Maccabees 14, 3)
When Nicanor realized that he had been disgracefully outwitted by the man, he went to the great and holy temple, at a time when the priests were offering the customary sacrifices, and ordered them to surrender Judas. (2 Maccabees 14, 31)
Therefore, O holy One, Lord of all holiness, preserve forever undefiled this house, which has been so recently purified." (2 Maccabees 14, 36)
Onias then said of him, "This is God's prophet Jeremiah, who loves his brethren and fervently prays for his people and their holy city." (2 Maccabees 15, 14)
"Accept this holy sword as a gift from God; with it you shall crush your adversaries." (2 Maccabees 15, 16)
