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Ptolemy at once appointed Nicanor, son of Patroclus, one of the king's first Friends, and sent him at the head of some twenty thousand men coming from all nations, with the order to wipe out all the Jews. At his side, he put Gorgias, a general of much experience in matters of war. (2 Maccabees 8, 9)
They prayed that if the Lord would not save them because of their own merits, that at least out of consideration for the covenant he made with their fathers and for that great venerable Name with which he had blessed his people, he would do so. (2 Maccabees 8, 15)
Having done this, they asked the Merciful Lord during a public prayer to be fully reconciled with his servants. (2 Maccabees 8, 29)
He was infuriated and determined to take revenge on the Jews for the offense he had just received in Persepolis when they forced him to flee. He ordered the chariot driver to hurry up and not to stop until the journey's end. But the judgment of God was coming upon him, for he said in his pride, "As soon as I arrive in Jerusalem, I shall turn it into a cemetery of the Jews." (2 Maccabees 9, 4)
Then the Lord who sees all, the God of Israel, punished him with an incurable sickness of an internal nature. (2 Maccabees 9, 5)
And the wretch made a vow to the Lord who would no longer take pity on him. (2 Maccabees 9, 13)
Having done all this they threw themselves flat on the ground and asked the Lord not to send them such calamities anymore. But if they should sin again, they asked that he would correct them with gentleness and not hand them over again into the hands of blasphemous and ferocious foreigners. (2 Maccabees 10, 4)
The men of Maccabeus, after praying and asking the Lord to come and fight at their side, attacked the fortresses of the Idumeans. (2 Maccabees 10, 16)
Right at daybreak, they attacked from both sides. One side placed their confidence in their Lord as the pledge of success and victory besides their bravery, while the others were moved by hatred. (2 Maccabees 10, 28)
When all this was over, they chanted hymns and praises to the Lord who had exalted Israel and had given them victory. (2 Maccabees 10, 38)
When the men of Maccabeus learned that Lysias had begun laying siege to their strong cities, they prayed to the Lord together with all the people, with tears and lamentations, that the Lord might send a good angel to save Israel. (2 Maccabees 11, 6)
They advanced with the aid of this ally sent from heaven, for the Lord had compassion on them. (2 Maccabees 11, 10)
