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I beseech you, my child, to look at the heaven and the earth and see everything that is in them, and recognize that God did not make them out of things that existed. Thus also mankind comes into being. (2 Maccabees 7, 28)
With these words he filled them with good courage and made them ready to die for their laws and their country; then he divided his army into four parts. (2 Maccabees 8, 21)
Thus he who had just been thinking that he could command the waves of the sea, in his superhuman arrogance, and imagining that he could weigh the high mountains in a balance, was brought down to earth and carried in a litter, making the power of God manifest to all. (2 Maccabees 9, 8)
"To his worthy Jewish citizens, Antiochus their king and general sends hearty greetings and good wishes for their health and prosperity. (2 Maccabees 9, 19)
And they all together praised the merciful God, and were strengthened in heart, ready to assail not only men but the wildest beasts or walls of iron. (2 Maccabees 11, 9)
Judas, thinking that they might really be useful in many ways, agreed to make peace with them; and after receiving his pledges they departed to their tents. (2 Maccabees 12, 12)
He also attacked a certain city which was strongly fortified with earthworks and walls, and inhabited by all sorts of Gentiles. Its name was Caspin. (2 Maccabees 12, 13)
They took the city by the will of God, and slaughtered untold numbers, so that the adjoining lake, a quarter of a mile wide, appeared to be running over with blood. (2 Maccabees 12, 16)
They did not find Timothy in that region, for he had by then departed from the region without accomplishing anything, though in one place he had left a very strong garrison. (2 Maccabees 12, 18)
After the rout and destruction of these, he marched also against Ephron, a fortified city where Lysias dwelt with multitudes of people of all nationalities. Stalwart young men took their stand before the walls and made a vigorous defense; and great stores of war engines and missiles were there. (2 Maccabees 12, 27)
By such a fate it came about that Menelaus the lawbreaker died, without even burial in the earth. (2 Maccabees 13, 7)
Judas posted armed men in readiness at key places to prevent sudden treachery on the part of the enemy; they held the proper conference. (2 Maccabees 14, 22)
