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At another time, Philip had information that certain Jews were meeting in caves near at hand, to keep the sabbath there without remark. Not one of these would lift a hand to help himself, so great care they had of the day’s observance, and all were burned to death. (2 Maccabees 6, 11)
No sooner did Judas hear of Nicanor’s coming, than he gave warning of it to the Jews who bore him company. (2 Maccabees 8, 12)
how they fought the Galatians at Babylon, with Macedonian allies whose heart failed them at the encounter, and six thousand Jews, alone but for heaven’s aid, made havoc of a hundred and twenty thousand men, much to the common advantage.✻ (2 Maccabees 8, 20)
As for Nicanor, that was the arch-villain of all, and would have sold the Jews to a thousand slave-dealers, (2 Maccabees 8, 34)
Where were the Jewish captives that should have paid off the tribute to Rome? He was fain to confess, now, that the Jews had God himself for their protector, and, would they but keep his laws, there was no conquering them! (2 Maccabees 8, 36)
And now, in a great taking of rage, he would make the Jews suffer for the ignominy of his own defeat; on, on his chariot must be driven, and never a halt in the journey, with the divine vengeance ever at his heels. Had he not boasted, Jerusalem was his goal, and he would bury the Jewish race under the ruins of it? (2 Maccabees 9, 4)
But all to no avail; the vengeance of God, well earned, had overtaken him, and find relief he might not. So now, despairing of that, he wrote to the Jews in very humble fashion, as here follows.✻ (2 Maccabees 9, 18)
Then, bowing down to earth, they made petition to the Lord, never again such calamity might overtake them; sin if they did, himself in his great mercy should chastise them, not hand them over into the cruel power of blasphemous enemies. (2 Maccabees 10, 4)
With Ptolemy, that was called Macer, we are concerned no more; fain would he have made amends to the Jews for the wrong done them, and kept their friendship, (2 Maccabees 10, 12)
When Gorgias was given command of the district, he was for ever making war on the Jews, with mercenaries to aid him; (2 Maccabees 10, 14)
Machabaeus no sooner heard of it, than he summoned the leaders of the people, and arraigned the guilty men in their presence; what, would they sell their brethren’s lives, by letting the enemies of their race go free? (2 Maccabees 10, 21)
But Timotheus could not be content with one defeat at the hands of the Jews; he would bring in hordes of foreign soldiery, and cavalry from Asia, threatening Judaea with slavery. (2 Maccabees 10, 24)
