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Those in Jerusalem and those in Judea and the senate and Judas, To Aristobulus, who is of the family of the anointed priests, teacher of Ptolemy the king, and to the Jews in Egypt, Greeting, and good health. (2 Maccabees 1, 10)
Having been saved by God out of grave dangers we thank him greatly for taking our side against the king. (2 Maccabees 1, 11)
But after many years had passed, when it pleased God, Nehemiah, having been commissioned by the king of Persia, sent the descendants of the priests who had hidden the fire to get it. And when they reported to us that they had not found fire but thick liquid, he ordered them to dip it out and bring it. (2 Maccabees 1, 20)
The prayer was to this effect: "O Lord, Lord God, Creator of all things, who art awe-inspiring and strong and just and merciful, who alone art King and art kind, (2 Maccabees 1, 24)
When this matter became known, and it was reported to the king of the Persians that, in the place where the exiled priests had hidden the fire, the liquid had appeared with which Nehemiah and his associates had burned the materials of the sacrifice, (2 Maccabees 1, 33)
the king investigated the matter, and enclosed the place and made it sacred. (2 Maccabees 1, 34)
And with those persons whom the king favored he exchanged many excellent gifts. (2 Maccabees 1, 35)
The same things are reported in the records and in the memoirs of Nehemiah, and also that he founded a library and collected the books about the kings and prophets, and the writings of David, and letters of kings about votive offerings. (2 Maccabees 2, 13)
so that even Seleucus, the king of Asia, defrayed from his own revenues all the expenses connected with the service of the sacrifices. (2 Maccabees 3, 3)
He reported to him that the treasury in Jerusalem was full of untold sums of money, so that the amount of the funds could not be reckoned, and that they did not belong to the account of the sacrifices, but that it was possible for them to fall under the control of the king. (2 Maccabees 3, 6)
When Apollonius met the king, he told him of the money about which he had been informed. The king chose Heliodorus, who was in charge of his affairs, and sent him with commands to effect the removal of the aforesaid money. (2 Maccabees 3, 7)
Heliodorus at once set out on his journey, ostensibly to make a tour of inspection of the cities of Coelesyria and Phoenicia, but in fact to carry out the king's purpose. (2 Maccabees 3, 8)
