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Now Maccabeus and his followers, the Lord leading them on, recovered the temple and the city; (2 Maccabees 10, 1)
and they tore down the altars which had been built in the public square by the foreigners, and also destroyed the sacred precincts. (2 Maccabees 10, 2)
They purified the sanctuary, and made another altar of sacrifice; then, striking fire out of flint, they offered sacrifices, after a lapse of two years, and they burned incense and lighted lamps and set out the bread of the Presence. (2 Maccabees 10, 3)
Therefore bearing ivy-wreathed wands and beautiful branches and also fronds of palm, they offered hymns of thanksgiving to him who had given success to the purifying of his own holy place. (2 Maccabees 10, 7)
Besides this, the Idumeans, who had control of important strongholds, were harassing the Jews; they received those who were banished from Jerusalem, and endeavored to keep up the war. (2 Maccabees 10, 15)
Attacking them vigorously, they gained possession of the places, and beat off all who fought upon the wall, and slew those whom they encountered, killing no fewer than twenty thousand. (2 Maccabees 10, 17)
When word of what had happened came to Maccabeus, he gathered the leaders of the people, and accused these men of having sold their brethren for money by setting their enemies free to fight against them. (2 Maccabees 10, 21)
Then he slew these men who had turned traitor, and immediately captured the two towers. (2 Maccabees 10, 22)
Now Timothy, who had been defeated by the Jews before, gathered a tremendous force of mercenaries and collected the cavalry from Asia in no small number. He came on, intending to take Judea by storm. (2 Maccabees 10, 24)
When the battle became fierce, there appeared to the enemy from heaven five resplendent men on horses with golden bridles, and they were leading the Jews. (2 Maccabees 10, 29)
Surrounding Maccabeus and protecting him with their own armor and weapons, they kept him from being wounded. And they showered arrows and thunderbolts upon the enemy, so that, confused and blinded, they were thrown into disorder and cut to pieces. (2 Maccabees 10, 30)
Twenty thousand five hundred were slaughtered, besides six hundred horsemen. (2 Maccabees 10, 31)
