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So Athenobius the friend of the king came to Jerusalem, and when he saw the splendor of Simon, and the sideboard with its gold and silver plate, and his great magnificence, he was amazed. He reported to him the words of the king, (1 Maccabees 15, 32)
but returned in wrath to the king and reported to him these words and the splendor of Simon and all that he had seen. And the king was greatly angered. (1 Maccabees 15, 36)
Then the king made Cendebeus commander-in-chief of the coastal country, and gave him troops of infantry and cavalry. (1 Maccabees 15, 38)
He commanded him to encamp against Judea, and commanded him to build up Kedron and fortify its gates, and to make war on the people; but the king pursued Trypho. (1 Maccabees 15, 39)
He built up Kedron and stationed there horsemen and troops, so that they might go out and make raids along the highways of Judea, as the king had ordered him. (1 Maccabees 15, 41)
Then Ptolemy wrote a report about these things and sent it to the king, asking him to send troops to aid him and to turn over to him the cities and the country. (1 Maccabees 16, 18)
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)
