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Behold these are written in the book of the days of his priesthood, from the time he was made high priest after his father. (1 Maccabees 16, 24)
May God be gracious to you, and remember his covenant that he made with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, his faithful servants: (2 Maccabees 1, 2)
And abolishing those things, which had been decreed of special favour by the kings in behalf of the Jews, by the means of John the father of that Eupolemus, who went ambassador to Rome to make amity and alliance, he disannulled the lawful ordinances of the citizens, and brought in fashions that were perverse. (2 Maccabees 4, 11)
For which cause not only the Jews, but also the other nations, conceived indignation, and were much grieved for the unjust murder of so great a man. (2 Maccabees 4, 35)
For, not as with other nations (whom the Lord patiently expecteth, that when the day of judgment shall come, he may punish them in the fulness of their sins:) (2 Maccabees 6, 14)
And he with all speed sent Nicanor the son of Patroclus, one of his special friends, giving him no fewer than twenty thousand armed men of different nations, to root out the whole race of the Jews, joining also with him Gorgias, a good soldier, and of great experience in matters of war. (2 Maccabees 8, 9)
But considering that my father also, at what time she led an army into the higher countries, appointed who should reign after him: (2 Maccabees 9, 23)
Our father being translated amongst the gods, we are desirous that they that are in our realm should live quietly, and apply themselves diligently to their own concerns, (2 Maccabees 11, 23)
And we have heard that the Jews would not consent to my father to turn to the rites of the Greeks, but that they would keep to their own manner of living, and therefore that they request us to allow them to live after their own laws. (2 Maccabees 11, 24)
He also laid siege to a certain strong city, encompassed with bridges and walls, and inhabited by multitudes of different nations, the name of which is Casphin. (2 Maccabees 12, 13)
And after he had put to flight and destroyed these, he removed his army to Ephron, a strong city, wherein there dwelt a multitude of divers nations: and stout young men standing upon the walls made a vigorous resistance: and in this place there were many engines of war, and a provision of darts. (2 Maccabees 12, 27)
But the king, with his mind full of rage, came on to shew himself worse to the Jews than his father was. (2 Maccabees 13, 9)
