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And so the last brother met his end undefiled and with perfect trust in the Lord. (2 Maccabees 7, 40)
But let this be sufficient account of the ritual meals and monstrous tortures. (2 Maccabees 7, 42)
They called on the Lord to have regard for the people oppressed on all sides, to take pity on the Temple profaned by the godless, (2 Maccabees 8, 2)
As soon as Maccabaeus had an organised force, he at once proved invincible to the foreigners, the Lord's anger having turned into compassion. (2 Maccabees 8, 5)
generally availing himself of the cover of night for such enterprises. The fame of his valour spread far and wide. (2 Maccabees 8, 7)
When Philip saw Judas was making steady progress and winning more and more frequent successes, he wrote to Ptolemy, the general officer commanding Coele-Syria and Phoenicia, asking for reinforcements in the royal interest. (2 Maccabees 8, 8)
Ptolemy chose Nicanor son of Patroclus, one of the king's First Friends, and sent him without delay at the head of an international force of at least twenty thousand men to exterminate the entire Jewish race. As his associate he appointed Gorgias, a professional experience. (2 Maccabees 8, 9)
Nicanor for his part proposed, by the sale of Jewish prisoners of war, to raise the two thousand talents of tribute money owed by the king to the Romans. (2 Maccabees 8, 10)
He lost no time in sending the seaboard towns an invitation to come and buy Jewish manpower, promising delivery of ninety head for one talent; but he did not reckon on the judgement from the Almighty that was soon to overtake him. (2 Maccabees 8, 11)
When news reached Judas of Nicanor's advance, he warned his men of the enemy's approach, (2 Maccabees 8, 12)
The rest sold all their remaining possessions, at the same time praying the Lord to deliver them from the godless Nicanor, who had sold them even in advance of any encounter- (2 Maccabees 8, 14)
if not for their own sakes, then at least out of consideration for the covenants made with their ancestors, and because they themselves bore his sacred and majestic name. (2 Maccabees 8, 15)
