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But now I am an old man, while you, by the mercy of Heaven, are the right age; take the place of my brother and myself, go out and fight for our nation, and may Heaven's aid be with you.' (1 Maccabees 16, 3)
accept this sacrifice on behalf of all your people Israel, and protect your heritage and consecrate it. (2 Maccabees 1, 26)
'The same document also describes how the prophet, warned by an oracle, gave orders for the tent and the ark to go with him, when he set out for the mountain which Moses had climbed to survey God's heritage. (2 Maccabees 2, 4)
God, who has saved his whole people, conferring heritage, kingdom, priesthood and sanctification on all of us, (2 Maccabees 2, 17)
and the celestial manifestations that came to hearten the brave champions of Judaism, so that, few though they were, they pillaged the whole country, routed the barbarian hordes, (2 Maccabees 2, 21)
This hostility reached such proportions that murders were actually committed by some of Simon's agents, (2 Maccabees 4, 3)
He suppressed the liberties which the kings had graciously granted to the Jews at the instance of John, father of that Eupolemus who was later to be sent on an embassy to negotiate a treaty of friendship and alliance with the Romans and, overthrowing the lawful institutions, introduced new usages contrary to the Law. (2 Maccabees 4, 11)
He returned with the royal mandate, bringing nothing worthy of the high priesthood and supported only by the fury of a cruel tyrant and the rage of a savage beast. (2 Maccabees 4, 25)
Thinking he had found a favourable opportunity, Menelaus abstracted a number of golden vessels from the Temple and presented them to Andronicus, and managed to sell others to Tyre and the surrounding cities. (2 Maccabees 4, 32)
The result was that not only Jews but many people of other nationalities were appalled and outraged by the unjust murder of this man. (2 Maccabees 4, 35)
Some Tyrians even were so outraged by the crime that they provided sumptuously for their funeral, (2 Maccabees 4, 49)
Even so, he did not manage to seize power; and, in the end, his machinations brought him nothing but shame, and he took refuge once more in Ammanitis. (2 Maccabees 5, 7)
