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In the language of their fathers he raised the battle cry, with hymns; then he charged against Gorgias' men when they were not expecting it, and put them to flight. (2 Maccabees 12, 37)
For if he were not expecting that those who had fallen would rise again, it would have been superfluous and foolish to pray for the dead. (2 Maccabees 12, 44)
But if he was looking to the splendid reward that is laid up for those who fall asleep in godliness, it was a holy and pious thought. Therefore he made atonement for the dead, that they might be delivered from their sin. (2 Maccabees 12, 45)
In the one hundred and forty-ninth year word came to Judas and his men that Antiochus Eupator was coming with a great army against Judea, (2 Maccabees 13, 1)
But the King of kings aroused the anger of Antiochus against the scoundrel; and when Lysias informed him that this man was to blame for all the trouble, he ordered them to take him to Beroea and to put him to death by the method which is the custom in that place. (2 Maccabees 13, 4)
And this was eminently just; because he had committed many sins against the altar whose fire and ashes were holy, he met his death in ashes. (2 Maccabees 13, 8)
He advanced against Beth-zur, a strong fortress of the Jews, was turned back, attacked again, and was defeated. (2 Maccabees 13, 19)
He received Maccabeus, left Hegemonides as governor from Ptolemais to Gerar, (2 Maccabees 13, 24)
and went to Ptolemais. The people of Ptolemais were indignant over the treaty; in fact they were so angry that they wanted to annul its terms. (2 Maccabees 13, 25)
Lysias took the public platform, made the best possible defense, convinced them, appeased them, gained their good will, and set out for Antioch. This is how the king's attack and withdrawal turned out. (2 Maccabees 13, 26)
Three years later, word came to Judas and his men that Demetrius, the son of Seleucus, had sailed into the harbor of Tripolis with a strong army and a fleet, (2 Maccabees 14, 1)
Now a certain Alcimus, who had formerly been high priest but had wilfully defiled himself in the times of separation, realized that there was no way for him to be safe or to have access again to the holy altar, (2 Maccabees 14, 3)
