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and to profane the Temple in Jerusalem and dedicate it to Olympian Zeus, and the one on Mount Gerizim to Zeus, Patron of Strangers, as the inhabitants of the latter place had requested. (2 Maccabees 6, 2)
The Temple was filled with revelling and debauchery by the gentiles, who took their pleasure with prostitutes and had intercourse with women in the sacred precincts, introducing other indecencies besides. (2 Maccabees 6, 4)
They called on the Lord to have regard for the people oppressed on all sides, to take pity on the Temple profaned by the godless, (2 Maccabees 8, 2)
He had entered the city called Persepolis, planning to rob the temple and occupy the city; but the population at once sprang to arms to defend themselves, with the result that Antiochus was routed by the inhabitants and forced to beat a humiliating retreat. (2 Maccabees 9, 2)
the holy Temple which he had once plundered he would now adorn with the finest offerings; he would restore all the sacred vessels many times over; he would defray from his personal revenue the expenses incurred for the sacrifices; (2 Maccabees 9, 16)
Maccabaeus and his companions, under the Lord's guidance, restored the Temple and the city, (2 Maccabees 10, 1)
This day of the purification of the Temple fell on the very day on which the Temple had been profaned by the foreigners, the twenty-fifth of the same month, Chislev. (2 Maccabees 10, 5)
to levy a tax on the Temple as on other national shrines, and to put the office of high priest up for sale every year; (2 Maccabees 11, 3)
Accordingly, since we intend this people to be free from vexation like any other, our ruling is that the Temple be restored to them and that they conduct their affairs according to the customs of their ancestors. (2 Maccabees 11, 25)
When Judas heard of this, he ordered the people day and night to call on the Lord as never before, to come to the help of those who were in peril of being deprived of the Law, their fatherland and the holy Temple, (2 Maccabees 13, 10)
Having thus committed the outcome to the Creator of the world, and having exhorted his soldiers to fight bravely to the death for the laws, the Temple, the city, their country and their way of life, he encamped his army near Modein. (2 Maccabees 13, 14)
He was then told that Philip, left in charge of affairs, had rebelled in Antioch. He was stunned by this, opened negotiations with the Jews, came to an agreement, and swore to abide by all reasonable conditions. Agreement reached, he offered a sacrifice, honoured the Temple, and made generous gifts to the holy place. (2 Maccabees 13, 23)
