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And he was angry with the wicked men that had given him counsel to come into their country, and he slew many of them: and he purposed to return with the rest into their country.


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And Jonathan had knowledge of it, and he sent ambassadors to him to make peace with him, and to restore to him the prisoners.


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And he accepted it willingly, and did according to his words, and swore that the would do him no harm all the days of his life.


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And he restored to him the prisoners which he before had taken out of the land of Juda: and he returned and went away into his own country, and he came no more into their borders.


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So the sword ceased from Israel: and Jonathan dwelt in Machmas, and Jonathan began there to judge the people, and he destroyed the wicked out of Israel.<pb/>


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Now in the hundred and sixtieth year Alexander the son of Antiochus, surnamed the Illustrious, came up and took Ptolemais, and they received him, and he reigned there.


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And king Demetrius heard of it, and gathered together an exceeding great army, and went forth against him to fight.


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For he will remember all the evils that we have done against him, and against his brother, and against his nation.


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And he gave him authority to gather together an army, and to make arms, and that he should be his confederate: and the hostages that were in the castle, he commanded to be delivered to him.


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And Jonathan came to Jerusalem, and read the letters in the hearing of all the people, and of them that were in the castle.


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And they were struck with great fear, because they heard that the king had given him authority to gather together an army.


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And he ordered workmen to build the walls, and mount Sion round about with square stones for fortification: and so they did.


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Only in Bethsura there remained some of them, that had forsaken the law, and the commandments of God: for this was a place of refuge for them.


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And king Alexander heard of the promises that Demetrius had made Jonathan: and they told him of the battles, and the worthy acts that he, and his brethren had done, and the labours that they had endured.


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And he said: Shall we find such another man? now therefore we will make him our friend and our confederate.


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Now therefore we make thee this day high priest of thy nation, and that thou be called the king’s friend, (and he sent him a purple robe, and a crown of gold,) and that thou be of one mind with us in our affairs, and keep friendship with us.


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Then Jonathan put on the holy vestment in the seventh month, in the year one hundred and threescore, at the feast day of the tabernacles: and he gathered together an army, and made a great number of arms.


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What is this that we have done, that Alexander hath prevented us to gain the friendship of the Jews to strengthen himself?


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I also will write to them words of request, and offer dignities, and gifts: that they may be with me to aid me.


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Whereas you have kept covenant with us, and have continued in our friendship, and have not joined with our enemies, we have heard of it, and are glad.


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Wherefore now continue still to keep fidelity towards us, and we will reward you with good things, for what you have done in our behalf.


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And now I free you, and all the Jews from tributes, and I release you from the customs of salt, and remit the crowns, and the thirds of the seed:


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And the half of the fruit of trees, which is my share, I leave to you from this day forward, so that it shall not be taken of the land of Juda, and of the three cities that are added thereto out of Samaria and Galilee, from this day forth and for ever:


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And let Jerusalem be holy and free, with the borders thereof: and let the tenths, and tributes be for itself.


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I yield up also the power of the castle that is in Jerusalem, and I give it to the high priest, to place therein such men as he shall choose to keep it.


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And every soul of the Jews that hath been carried captive from the land of Juda in all my kingdom, I set at liberty freely, that all be discharged from tributes even of their cattle.


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And I will that all the feasts, and the sabbaths, and the new moons, and the days appointed, and three days before the solemn day, and three days after the solemn day, be all days of immunity and freedom, for all the Jews that are in my kingdom:


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And let there be enrolled in the king’s army to the number of thirty thousand of the Jews: and allowance shall be made them as is due to all the king’s forces, and certain of them shall be appointed to be in the fortresses of the great king:


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And some of them shall be set over the affairs of the kingdom, that are of trust, and let the governors be taken from among themselves, and let them walk in their own laws, as the king hath commanded in the land of Juda.


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And the three cities that are added to Judea, out of the country of Samaria, let them be accounted with Judea: that they may be under one, and obey no other authority but that of the high priest:


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Ptolemais, and the confines thereof, I give as a free gift to the holy places, that are in Jerusalem, for the necessary charges of the holy things.


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And I give every year fifteen thousand sicles of silver out of the king’s accounts, of what belongs to me:


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And all that is above, which they that were over the affairs the years before, had not paid, from this time they shall give it to the works of the house.


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Moreover the five thousand sicles of silver which they received from the account of the holy places, every year, shall also belong to the priests that execute the ministry.


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And whosoever shall flee into the temple that is in Jerusalem, and in all the borders thereof, being indebted to the king for any matter, let them be set at liberty, and all that they have in my kingdom, let them have it free.


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For the building also, or repairing the works of the holy places, the charges shall be given out of the king’s revenues:


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For the building also of the walls of Jerusalem, and the fortifying thereof round about, the charges shall be given out of the king’s account, as also for the building of the walls in Judea.


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Now when Jonathan, and the people heard these words, they gave no credit to them nor received them: because they remembered the great evil that he had done in Israel, for he had afflicted them exceedingly.


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And their inclinations were towards Alexander, because he had been the chief promoter of peace in their regard, and him they always helped.


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And the two kings joined battle, and the army of Demetrius fled away, and Alexander pursued after him, and pressed them close.


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Forasmuch as I am returned into my kingdom, and am set in the throne of my ancestors and have gotten the dominion, and have overthrown Demetrius, and possessed our country,


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And have joined battle with him, and both he and his army have been destroyed by us, and we are placed in the throne of his kingdom:


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Now therefore let us make friendship one with another: and give me now thy daughter to wife, and I will be thy son in law, and I will give both thee and her gifts worthy of thee.


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And king Ptolemee answered, saying: Happy is the day wherein thou didst return to the land of thy fathers, and sattest in the throne of their kingdom.


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And now I will do to thee as thou hast written: but meet me at Ptolemais, that we may see one another, and I may give her to thee as thou hast said.


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So Ptolemee went out of Egypt, with Cleopatra his daughter, and he came to Ptolemais in the hundred and sixty-second year.


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And king Alexander met him, and he gave him his daughter Cleopatra: and he celebrated her marriage at Ptolemais, with great glory, after the manner of kings.


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And he went honourably to Ptolemais, and he met there the two kings, and he gave them much silver, and gold, and presents: and he found favour in their sight.


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And some pestilent men of Israel, men of a wicked life, assembled themselves against him to accuse him: and the king gave no heed to them.


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And he commanded that Jonathan’s garments should be taken off, and that he should be clothed with purple: and they did so. And the king made him sit by himself.


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And he said to his princes: Go out with him into the midst of the city, and make proclamation, that no man complain against him of any matter, and that no man trouble him for any manner of cause.


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And the king magnified him, and enrolled him amongst his chief friends, and made him governor and partaker of his dominion.


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In the year one hundred and sixty-five Demetrius the son of Demetrius came from Crete into the land of his fathers.


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And king Demetrius made Apollonius his general, who was governor of Celesyria: and he gathered together a great army, and came to Jamnia: and he sent to Jonathan the high priest,


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Saying: Thou alone standest against us, and I am laughed at, and reproached, because thou shewest thy power against us in the mountains.


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Now therefore if thou trustest in thy forces, come down to us into the plain, and there let us try one another: for with me is the strength of war.


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Ask, and learn who I am, and the rest that help me, who also say that your foot cannot stand before our face, for thy fathers have twice been put to flight in their own land:


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And now how wilt thou be able to abide the horsemen, and so great an army in the plain, where there is no stone, nor rock, nor place to flee to?


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Now when Jonathan heard the words of Apollonius, he was moved in his mind: and he chose ten thousand men, and went out of Jerusalem, and Simon his brother met him to help him.


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And they pitched their tents near Joppe, but they shut him out of the city: because a garrison of Apollonius was in Joppe, and he laid siege to it.


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And he went to Azotus as one that was making a journey, and immediately he went forth into the plain: because he had a great number of horsemen, and he trusted in them. And Jonathan followed after him to Azotus, and they joined battle.


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And Jonathan knew that there was an ambush behind him, and they surrounded his army, and cast darts at the people from morning till evening.


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Then Simon drew forth his army, and attacked the legion: for the horsemen were wearied: and they were discomfited by him, and fled.


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And they that were scattered about the plain, fled into Azotus, and went into Bethdagon their idol’s temple, there to save themselves.


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But Jonathan set fire to Azotus, and the cities that were around it, and took the spoils of them, and the temple of Dagon: and all them that were fled into it, he burnt with fire.


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And Jonathan removed his army from thence, and camped against Ascalon: and they went out of the city to meet him with great honour.


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And he sent him a buckle of gold, as the custom is, to be given to such as are of the royal blood. And he gave him Accaron and all the borders thereof in possession.<pb/>


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And the king of Egypt gathered together an army, like the sand that lieth upon the sea shore, and many ships: and he sought to get the kingdom of Alexander by deceit, and join it to his own kingdom.


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And he went out into Syria with peaceable words, and they opened to him the cities, and met him: for king Alexander had ordered them to go forth to meet him, because he was his father in law.


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And when he came near to Azotus, they shewed him the temple of Dagon that was burnt with fire, and Azotus, and the suburbs thereof that were destroyed, and the bodies that were cast abroad, and the graves of them that were slain in the battle, which they had made near the way.


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And they told the king that Jonathan had done these things, to make him odious: but the king held his peace.


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And Jonathan came to meet the king at Joppe with glory, and they saluted one another, and they lodged there.


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And Jonathan went with the king as far as the river, called Eleutherus: and he returned into Jerusalem.


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And king Ptolemee got the dominion of the cities by the sea side, even to Seleucia, and he devised evil designs against Alexander.


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And he sent ambassadors to Demetrius, saying: Come, let us make a league between us, and I will give thee my daughter whom Alexander hath, and thou shalt reign in the kingdom of thy father.


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And he took away his daughter, and gave her to Demetrius, and alienated himself from Alexander, and his enmities were made manifest.


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And Ptolemee entered into Antioch, and set two crowns upon his head, that of Egypt, and that of Asia.


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Now king Alexander was in Cilicia at that time: because they that were in those places had rebelled.


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And when Alexander heard of it, he came to give him battle, and king Ptolemee brought forth his army, and met him with a strong power, and put him to flight.


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And king Ptolemee died the third day after: and they that were in the strong holds were destroyed by them that were within the camp.


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In those days Jonathan gathered together them that were in Judea, to take the castle that was in Jerusalem: and they made many engines of war against it.


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Then some wicked men that hated their own nation, went away to king Demetrius, and told him that Jonathan was besieging the castle.


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And when he heard it, he was angry: and forthwith he came to Ptolemais, and wrote to Jonathan, that he should not besiege the castle, but should come to him in haste, and speak to him.


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But when Jonathan heard this, he bade them besiege it still: and he chose some of the ancients of Israel, and of the priests, and put himself in danger.


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And he took gold, and silver, and raiment, and many other presents, and went to the king to Ptolemais, and he found favour in his sight.


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And the king treated him as his predecessor had done before: and he exalted him in the sight of all his friends.


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And he confirmed him in the high priesthood, and all the honours he had before, and he made him the chief of his friends.


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And Jonathan requested of the king that he would make Judea free from tribute, and the three governments, and Samaria, and the confines thereof: and he promised him three hundred talents.


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We send you here a copy of the letter, which we have written to Lasthenes our parent concerning you, that you might know it.


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We have determined to do good to the nation of the Jews who are our friends, and keep the things that are just with us, for their good will which they bear towards us.


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We have ratified therefore unto them all the borders of Judea, and the three cities, Apherema, Lydda, and Ramatha, which are added to Judea, out of Samaria, and all their confines, to be set apart to all them that sacrifice in Jerusalem, instead of the payments which the king received of them every year, and for the fruits of the land, and of the trees.


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And as for other things that belonged to us of the tithes, and of the tributes, from this time we discharge them of them: the saltpans also, and the crowns that were presented to us.


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Now therefore see that thou make a copy of these things, and let it be given to Jonathan, and set upon the holy mountain, in a conspicuous place.


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And king Demetrius seeing that the land was quiet before him, and nothing resisted him, sent away all his forces, every man to his own place, except the foreign army, which he had drawn together from the islands of the nations: so all the troops of his fathers hated him.


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Now there was one Tryphon who had been of Alexander’s party before: who seeing that all the army murmured against Demetrius, went to Emalchuel the Arabian, who brought up Antiochus the son of Alexander.


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And he pressed him much to deliver him to him, that he might be king in his father’s place: and he told him all that Demetrius had done, and how his soldiers hated him. And he remained there many days.


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And Jonathan sent to king Demetrius, desiring that he would cast out them that were in the castle in Jerusalem, and those that were in the strong holds: because they fought against Israel.


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And Demetrius sent to Jonathan, saying: I will not only do this for thee, and for thy people, but I will greatly honour thee, and thy nation, when opportunity shall serve.


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And Jonathan sent him three thousand valiant men to Antioch: and they came to the king, and the king was very glad of their coming.


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And they that were of the city assembled themselves together, to the number of a hundred and twenty thousand men, and would have killed the king.


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And the king fled into the palace, and they of the city kept the passages of the city, and began to fight.


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And the king called the Jews to his assistance: and they came to him all at once, and they all dispersed themselves through the city.


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And they slew in that day a hundred thousand men, and they set fire to the city, and got many spoils that day, and delivered the king.


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And they that were of the city saw that the Jews had got the city as they would: and they were discouraged in their minds, and cried to the king, making supplication, and saying:


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And they threw down their arms, and made peace, and the Jews were glorified in the sight of the king, and in the sight of all that were in his realm, and were renowned throughout the kingdom, and returned to Jerusalem with many spoils.


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And he falsified all whatsoever he had said, and alienated himself from Jonathan, and did not reward him according to the benefits he had received from him, but gave him great trouble.


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And after this Tryphon returned, and with him Antiochus the young boy, who was made king, and put on the diadem.


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And there assembled unto him all the hands which Demetrius had sent away, and they fought against Demetrius, who turned his back and fled.


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And young Antiochus wrote to Jonathan, saying: I confirm thee in the high priesthood, and I appoint thee ruler over the four cities, and to be one of the king’s friends.


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And he sent him vessels of gold for his service, and he gave him leave to drink in gold, and to be clothed in purple, and to wear a golden buckle:


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Then Jonathan went forth and passed through the cities beyond the river: and all the forces of Syria gathered themselves to him to help him, and he came to Ascalon, and they met him honourably out of the city.


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And he went from thence to Gaza: and they that were in Gaza shut him out: and he besieged it, and burnt all the suburbs round about, and took the spoils.


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And the men of Gaza made supplication to Jonathan, and he gave them the right hand: and he took their sons for hostages, and sent them to Jerusalem: and he went through the country as far as Damascus.


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And Jonathan heard that the generals of Demetrius were come treacherously to Cades, which is in Galilee, with a great army, purposing to remove him from the affairs of the kingdom:


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And they desired him to make peace, and he granted it them: and he cast them out from thence, and took the city, and placed a garrison in it.


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And Jonathan, and his army encamped by the water of Genesar, and before it was light they were ready in the plain of Asor.


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And behold the army of the strangers met him in the plain, and they laid an ambush for him in the mountains: but he went out against them.


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And all that were on Jonathan’s side fled, and none was left of them, but Mathathias the son of Absalom, and Judas the son of Calphi, chief captain of the army.


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And they of his part that fled saw this, and they turned again to him, and they all with him pursued the enemies even to Cades to their own camp, and they came even thither.


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And there fell of the aliens in that day three thousand men: and Jonathan returned to Jerusalem.<pb/>


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And Jonathan saw that the time served him, and he chose certain men and sent them to Rome, to confirm and to renew the amity with them:


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And they went to Rome, and entered into the senate house, and said: Jonathan the high priest, and the nation of the Jews have sent us to renew the amity, and alliance as it was before.


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And they gave them letters to their governors in every place, to conduct them into the land of Juda with peace.


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Jonathan the high priest, and the ancients of the nation, and the priests, and the rest of the people of the Jews, to the Spartans, their brethren, greeting.


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There were letters sent long ago to Onias the high priest from Arius who reigned then among you, to signify that you are our brethren, as the copy here underwritten doth specify.


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And Onias received the ambassador with honour: and received the letters wherein there was mention made of the alliance, and amity.


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We, though we needed none of these things, having for our comfort the holy books that are in our hands,


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Chose rather to send to you to renew the brotherhood and friendship, lest we should become strangers to you altogether: for there is a long time passed since you sent to us.


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We therefore at all times without ceasing, both in our festivals, and other days, wherein it is convenient, remember you in the sacrifices that we offer, and in our observances, as it is meet, and becoming to remember brethren.


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But we have had many troubles and wars on every side, and the kings that are round about us, have fought against us.


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We have chosen therefore Numenius the son of Antiochus, and Antipater the son of Jason, and have sent them to the Romans to renew with them the former amity and alliance.


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And we have commanded them to go also to you, and to salute you, and to deliver you our letters, concerning the renewing of our brotherhood.


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It is found in writing concerning the Spartans, and the Jews, that they are brethren, and that they are of the stock of Abraham.


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And we also have written back to you: That our cattle, and our possessions are yours: and yours, ours. We therefore have commanded that these things should be told you.


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Now Jonathan heard that the generals of Demetrius were come again with a greater army than before to fight against him.


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So he went out from Jerusalem, and met them in the land of Amath: for he gave them no time to enter into his country.


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And he sent spies into their camp, and they came back and brought him word that they designed to come upon them in the night.


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And when the sun was set, Jonathan commanded his men to watch, and to be in arms all night long ready to fight, and he set sentinels round about the camp.


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And the enemies heard that Jonathan and his men were ready for battle, and they were struck with fear, and dread in their heart: and they kindled fires in their camp.


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But Jonathan and they that were with him knew it not till the morning: for they saw the lights burning.


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And Jonathan turned upon the Arabians that are called Zabadeans: and he defeated them, and took the spoils of them.


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Simon also went forth, and came as far as Ascalon, and the neighbouring fortresses, and he turned aside to Joppe, and took possession of it,


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(For he heard that they designed to deliver the hold to them that took part with Demetrius,) and he put a garrison there to keep it.


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And Jonathan came back, and called together the ancients of the people, and he took a resolution with them to build fortresses in Judea,


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And to build up walls in Jerusalem, and raise a mount between the castle and the city, to separate it from the city, that so it might have no communication, and that they might neither buy nor sell.


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And they came together to build up the city: for the wall that was upon the brook towards the east was broken down, and he repaired that which is called Caphetetha:


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Now when Tryphon had conceived a design to make himself king of Asia, and to take the crown, and to stretch out his hand against king Antiochus:


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Fearing lest Jonathan would not suffer him, but would fight against him: he sought to seize upon him, and to kill him. So he rose up and came to Bethsan.


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Now when Tryphon saw that Jonathan came with a great army, he durst not stretch forth his hand against him,


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But received him with honour, and commended him to all his friends, and gave him presents: and he commanded his troops to obey him, as himself.


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Now therefore send them back to their own houses: and choose thee a few men that may be with thee, and come with me to Ptolemais, and I will deliver it to thee, and the rest of the strong holds, and the army, and all that have any charge, and I will return and go away: for this is the cause of my coming.


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And Jonathan believed him, and did as he said: and sent away his army, and they departed into the land of Juda:


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But he kept with him three thousand men: of whom he sent two thousand into Galilee, and one thousand went with him.


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Now as soon as Jonathan entered into Ptolemais, they of Ptolemais shut the gates of the city, and took him: and all them that came in with him they slew with the sword.


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Then Tryphon sent an army and horsemen into Galilee, and into the great plain to destroy all Jonathan’s company.


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But they, when they understood that Jonathan and all that were with him were taken and slain, encouraged one another, and went out ready for battle.


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Whereupon they all came peaceably into the land of Juda. And they bewailed Jonathan, and them that had been with him, exceedingly: and Israel mourned with great lamentation.


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Now Simon heard that Tryphon was gathering together a very great army, to invade the land of Juda, and to destroy it.


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And seeing that the people was in dread, and in fear, he went up to Jerusalem, and assembled the people:


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And exhorted them, saying: You know what great battles I and my brethren, and the house of my father, have fought for the laws, and the sanctuary, and the distresses that we have seen:


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And now far be it from me to spare my life in any time of trouble: for I am not better than my brethren.


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I will avenge then my nation and the sanctuary, and our children, and wives: for all the heathens are gathered together to destroy us out of mere malice.


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And they answered with a loud voice, saying: Thou art our leader in the place of Judas, and Jonathan thy brother.


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So gathering together all the men of war, he made haste to finish all the walls of Jerusalem, and he fortified it round about.


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And he sent Jonathan the son of Absalom, and with him a new army into Joppe, and he cast out them that were in it, and himself remained there.


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And Tryphon removed from Ptolemais with a great army, to invade the land of Juda, and Jonathan was with him in custody.


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And when Tryphon understood that Simon was risen up in the place of his brother Jonathan, and that he meant to join battle with him, he sent messengers to him,


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Saying: We have detained thy brother Jonathan for the money that he owed in the king’s account, by reason of the affairs which he had the management of.


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But now send a hundred talents of silver, and his two sons for hostages, that when he is set at liberty he may not revolt from us, and we will release him.


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Now Simon knew that he spoke deceitfully to him, nevertheless he ordered the money, and the children to be sent: lest he should bring upon himself a great hatred of the people of Israel, who might have said:


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And after this Tryphon entered within the country, to destroy it: and they went about by the way that leadeth to Ador: and Simon and his army marched to every place whithersoever they went.


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And they that were in the castle, sent messengers to Tryphon, that he should make haste to come through the desert, and sent them victuals.


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And Tryphon made ready all his horsemen to come that night: but there fell a very great snow, and he came not into the country of Galaad.


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And Simon sent, and took the bones of Jonathan his brother, and buried them in Modin, in the city of his fathers.


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And Simon built over the sepulchre of his father and of his brethren, a building lofty to the sight, of polished stone behind and before:


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And he set up seven pyramids one against another for his father and his mother, and his four brethren:


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And round about these he set great pillars: and upon the pillars arms for a perpetual memory: and by the arms ships carved, which might be seen by all that sailed on the sea.


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And Simon built up the strong holds of Judea, fortifying them with high towers, and great walls, and gates, and bars: and he stored up victuals in the fortresses.


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And Simon chose men and sent to king Demetrius, to the end that he should grant an immunity to the land: for all that Tryphon did was to spoil.


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King Demetrius to Simon the high priest, and friend of kings, and to the ancients, and to the nation of the Jews, greeting.


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The golden crown, and the palm, which you sent, we have received: and we are ready to make a firm peace with you, and to write to the king’s chief officers to release you the things that we have released.


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For all that we have decreed in your favour, shall stand in force. The strong holds that you have built, shall be your own.


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And as for any oversight or fault committed unto this day, we forgive it, and the crown which you owed: and if any other thing were taxed in Jerusalem, now let it not be taxed.


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And if any of you be fit to be enrolled among ours, let them be enrolled, and let there be peace between us.


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And the people of Israel began to write in the instruments, and public records, The first year under Simon the high priest, the great captain and prince of the Jews.


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In those days Simon besieged Gaza, and camped round about it, and he made engines, and set them to the city, and he struck one tower, and took it.


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And they that were within the engine leaped into the city: and there was a great uproar in the city.


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And they that were in the city went up with their wives and children upon the wall, with their garments rent, and they cried with a loud voice, beseeching Simon to grant them peace.


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And Simon being moved, did not destroy them: but yet he cast them out of the city, and cleansed the houses wherein there had been idols, and then he entered into it with hymns, blessing the Lord.


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And having cast out of it all uncleanness, he placed in it men that should observe the law: and he fortified it, and made it his habitation.


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But they that were in the castle of Jerusalem were hindered from going out and coming into the country, and from buying and selling: and they were straitened with hunger, and many of them perished through famine.


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And they cried to Simon form peace, and he granted it to them: and he cast them out from thence, and cleansed the castle from uncleannesses.


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And they entered into it the three and twentieth day of the second month, in the year one hundred and seventy-one, with thanksgiving, and branches of palm trees, and harps, and cymbals, and psalteries, and hymns, and canticles, because the great enemy was destroyed out of Israel.


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And he fortified the mountain of the temple that was near the castle, and he dwelt there himself, and they that were with him.<pb/>


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In the year one hundred and seventy-two, king Demetrius assembled has army, and went into Media to get him succours to fight against Tryphon.


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And Arsaces the king of Persia and Media heard that Demetrius was entered within his borders, and he sent one of his princes to take him alive, and bring him to him.


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And he went and defeated the army of Demetrius: and took him, and brought him to Arsaces, and he put him into custody.


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And all the land of Juda was at rest all the days of Simon, and he sought the good of his nation: and his power, and his glory pleased them well all his days.


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And he gathered together a great number of captives, and had the dominion of Gazara, and of Bethsura, and of the castle: and took away all uncleanness out of it and there was none that resisted him.


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And every man tilled his land with peace: and the land of Juda yielded her increase, and the trees of the fields their fruit.


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The ancient men sat all in the streets, and treated together of the good things of the land, and the young men put on them glory, and the robes of war.


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And he provided victuals for the cities, and he appointed that they should be furnished with ammunition, so that the fame of his glory was renowned even to the end of the earth.


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And he strengthened all those of his people that were brought low, and he sought the law, and took away every unjust and wicked man.


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But when they heard that Simon his brother was made high priest in his place, and was possessed of all the country, and the cities therein:


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They wrote to him in tables of brass, to renew the friendship and alliance which they had made with Judas, and with Jonathan his brethren.


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And they were read before the assembly in Jerusalem. And this is the copy of the letters that the Spartans sent.


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The princes and the cities of the Spartans to Simon the high priest, and to the ancients, and the priests, and the rest of the people of the Jews their brethren, greeting.


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The ambassadors that were sent to our people, have told us of your glory, and honour, and joy: and we rejoice at their coming.


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And we registered what was said by them in the councils of the people in this manner: Numenius the son of Antiochus, and Antipater the son of Jason, ambassadors of the Jews, came to us to renew the former friendship with us.


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And it pleased the people to receive the men honourably, and to put a copy of their words in the public records, to be a memorial to the people of the Spartans. And we have written a copy of them to Simon the high priest.


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And after this Simon sent Numenius to Rome, with a great shield of gold the weight of a thousand pounds, to confirm the league with them. And when the people of Rome had heard


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For he hath restored his brethren, and hath driven away in fight the enemies of Israel from them: and they decreed him liberty, and registered it in tables of brass, and set it upon pillars in mount Sion.


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And this is a copy of the writing: The eighteenth day of the month Elul, in the year one hundred and seventy-two, being the third year under Simon the high priest at Asaramel,


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In a great assembly of the priests, and of the people, and the princes of the nation, and the ancients of the country, these things were notified: Forasmuch as there have often been wars in our country,


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And Simon the son of Mathathias of the children of Jarib, and his brethren have put themselves in danger, and have resisted the enemies of their nation, for the maintenance of their holy places, and the law: and have raised their nation to great glory.


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And Jonathan gathered together his nation, and was made their high priest, and he was laid to his people.


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And their enemies desired to tread down and destroy their country, and to stretch forth their hands against their holy places.


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Then Simon resisted and fought for his nation, and laid out much of his money, and armed the valiant men of his nation, and gave them wages:


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And he fortified the cities of Judea, and Bethsura that lieth in the borders of Judea, where the armour of the enemies was before: and he placed there a garrison of Jews.


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And he fortified Joppe which lieth by the sea: and Gazara, which bordereth upon Azotus, wherein the enemies dwelt before, and he placed Jews here: and furnished them with all things convenient for their reparation.


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And the people seeing the acts of Simon, and to what glory he meant to bring his nation, made him their prince, and high priest, because he had done all these things, and for the justice, and faith, which he kept to his nation, and for that he sought by all means to advance his people.


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And in his days things prospered in his hands, so that the heathens were taken away out of their country, and they also that were in the city of David in Jerusalem in the castle, out of which they issued forth, and profaned all places round about the sanctuary, and did much evil to its purity.


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And he placed therein Jews for the defence of the country, and of the city, and he raised up the walls of Jerusalem.


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For he had heard that the Romans had called the Jews their friends, and confederates, and brethren, and that they had received Simon’s ambassadors with honour:


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And that the Jews, and their priests, had consented that he should be their prince, and high priest for ever, till there should arise a faithful prophet:


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And that he should be chief over them, and that he should have the charge of the sanctuary, and that he should appoint rulers over their works, and over the country, and over the armour, and over the strong holds.


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And that he should have care of the holy places: and that he should be obeyed by all, and that all the writings in the country should be made in his name: and that he should be clothed with purple, and gold:


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And that it should not be lawful for any of the people, or of the priests, to disannul any of these things, or to gainsay his words, or to call together an assembly in the country without him: or to be clothed with purple, or to wear a buckle of gold:


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And Simon accepted thereof, and was well pleased to execute the office of the high priesthood, and to be captain, and prince of the nation of the Jews, and of the priests, and to be chief over all.


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And they commanded that this writing should be put in tables of brass, and that they should be set up within the compass of the sanctuary, in a conspicuous place:


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And king Antiochus the son of Demetrius sent letters from the isles of the sea to Simon the priest, and prince of the nation of the Jews, and to all the people:


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And the contents were these: King Antiochus to Simon the high priest, and to the nation of the Jews, greeting.


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Forasmuch as certain pestilent men have usurped the kingdom of our fathers, and my purpose is to challenge the kingdom, and to restore it to its former estate: and I have chosen a great army, and have built ships of war.


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And I design to go through the country that I may take revenge of them that have destroyed our country, and that have made many cities desolate in my realm.


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Now therefore I confirm unto thee all the oblations which all the kings before me remitted to thee, and what other gifts soever they remitted to thee:


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And let Jerusalem be holy and free, and all the armour that hath been made, and the fortresses which thou hast built, and which thou keepest in thy hands, let them remain to thee.


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And all that is due to the king, and what should be the king’s hereafter, from this present and for ever, is forgiven thee.


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And when we shall have recovered our kingdom, we will glorify thee, and thy nation, and the temple with great glory, so that your glory shall be made manifest in all the earth.


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In the year one hundred and seventy-four Antiochus entered into the land of this fathers, and all the forces assembled to him, so that few were left with Tryphon.


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And Antiochus camped above Dora with a hundred and twenty thousand men of war, and eight thousand horsemen:


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And he invested the city, and the ships drew near by sea: and they annoyed the city by land, and by sea, and suffered none to come in, or to go out.


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And Numenius, and they that had been with him, came from the city of Rome, having letters written to the kings, and countries, the contents whereof were these:


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The ambassadors of the Jews our friends came to us, to renew the former friendship and alliance, being sent from Simon the high priest, and the people of the Jews.


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It hath seemed good therefore to us to write to the kings, and countries, that they should do them no harm, nor fight against them, their cities, or countries: and that they should give no aid to them that fight against them.


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If therefore any pestilent men are fled out of their country to you, deliver them to Simon the high priest, that he may punish them according to their law.


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These same things were written to king Demetrius, and to Attalus, and to Ariarathes, and to Arsaces,


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And to all the countries; and to Lampsacus, and to the Spartans, and to Delus, and Myndus, and Sicyon, and Caria, and Samus, and Pamphylia, and Lycia, and Alicarnassus, and Cos, and Side, and Aradus, and Rhodes, and Phaselis, and Gortyna, and Gnidus, and Cyprus, and Cyrene.


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But king Antiochus moved his camp to Dora the second time, assaulting it continually, and making engines: and shut up Tryphon, that he could not go out.


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And Simon sent to him two thousand chosen men to aid him, silver also, and gold, and abundance of furniture.


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And he would not receive them, but broke all the covenant that he had made with him before, and alienated himself from him.


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And he sent to him Athenobius one of his friends, to treat with him, saying: You hold Joppe, and Gazara, and the castle that is in Jerusalem, which are cities of my kingdom:


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Their borders you have wasted, and you have made great havock in the land, and have got the dominion of many places in my kingdom.


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Now therefore deliver up the cities that you have taken, and the tributes of the places whereof you have gotten the dominion without the borders of Judea.


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But if not, give me for them five hundred talents of silver, and for the havock that you have made, and the tributes of the cities other five hundred talents: or else we will come and fight against you.


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So Athenobius the king’s friend came to Jerusalem, and saw the glory of Simon and his magnificence in gold, and silver, and his great equipage, and he was astonished, and told him the king’s words.


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And Simon answered him, and said to him: We have neither taken other men’s land, neither do we hold that which is other men’s: but the inheritance of our fathers, which was for some time unjustly possessed by our enemies.


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And as to thy complaints concerning Joppe and Gazara, they did great harm to the people, and to our country: yet for these we will give a hundred talents. And Athenobius answered him not a word:


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But returning in a rage to the king, made report to him of these words, and of the glory of Simon, and of all that he had seen, and the king was exceeding angry.


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And the king appointed Cendebeus captain of the sea coast, and gave him an army of footmen and horsemen.


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And he commanded him to march with his army towards Judea: and he commanded him to build up Gedor, and to fortify the gates of the city, and to war against the people. But the king himself pursued after Tryphon.


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And Cendebeus came to Jamnia, and began to provoke the people, and to ravage Judea, and to take the people prisoners, and to kill, and to build Gedor.


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And he placed there horsemen, and an army: that they might issue forth, and make incursions upon the ways of Judea, as the king had commanded him.<pb/>


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Then John came up from Gazara, and told Simon his father what Cendebeus had done against their people.


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And Simon called his two eldest sons, Judas and John, and said to them: I and my brethren, and my father’s house, have fought against the enemies of Israel from our youth even to this day: and things have prospered so well in our hands that we have delivered Israel oftentimes.


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And now I am old, but be you instead of me, and my brethren, and go out, and fight for our nation: and the help from heaven be with you.


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Then he chose out of the country twenty thousand fighting men, and horsemen, and they went forth against Cendebeus: and they rested in Modin.


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And they arose in the morning, and went into the plain: and behold a very great army of footmen and horsemen came against them, and there was a running river between them.


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And he and his people pitched their camp over against them, and he saw that the people were afraid to go over the river, so he went over first: then the men seeing him, passed over after him.


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And he divided the people, and set the horsemen in the midst of the footmen: but the horsemen of the enemies were very numerous.


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And they sounded the holy trumpets: and Cendebeus and his army were put to flight: and there fell many of them wounded, and the rest fled into the strong hold.


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At that time Judas John’s brother was wounded: but John pursued after them, till he came to Cedron, which he had built:


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And they fled even to the towers that were in the fields of Azotus, and he burnt them with fire. And there fell of them two thousand men, and he returned into Judea in peace.


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Now Ptolemee the son of Abobus was appointed captain in the plain of Jericho, and he had abundance of silver and gold,


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And his heart was lifted up, and he designed to make himself master of the country, and he purposed treachery against Simon, and his sons, to destroy them.


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Now Simon, as he was going through the cities that were in the country of Judea, and taking care for the good ordering of them, went down to Jericho, he and Mathathias and Judas his sons, in the year one hundred and seventy-seven, the eleventh month: the same is the month Sabath.


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And the son of Abobus received them deceitfully into a little fortress, that is called Doch which he had built: and he made them a great feast, and hid men there.


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And when Simon and his sons had drunk plentifully, Ptolemee and his men rose up and took their weapons, and entered into the banqueting place, and slew him, and his two sons, and some of his servants.


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And Ptolemee wrote these things and sent to the king that he should send him an army to aid him, and he would deliver him the country, and their cities, and tributes.


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And he sent others to Gazara to kill John: and to the tribunes he sent letters to come to him, and that he would give them silver, and gold, and gifts.


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Now one running before, told John in Gazara, that his father and his brethren were slain, and that he hath sent men to kill thee also.


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But when he heard it he was exceedingly afraid: and he apprehended the men that came to kill him, and he put them to death: for he knew that they sought to make him away.


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And as concerning the rest of the acts of John, and his wars, and the worthy deeds, which he bravely achieved, and the building of the walls, which he made, and the things that he did:


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Behold these are written in the book of the days of his priesthood, from the time he was made high priest after his father.


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To the brethren the Jews that are throughout Egypt, the brethren, the Jews that are in Jerusalem, and in the land of Judea, send health, and good peace.


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May God be gracious to you, and remember his covenant that he made with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, his faithful servants:


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When Demetrius reigned, in the year one hundred and sixty-nine, we Jews wrote to you, in the trouble, and violence, that came upon us in those years, after Jason withdrew himself from the holy land, and from the kingdom.


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They burnt the gate, and shed innocent blood: then we prayed to the Lord, and were heard, and we offered sacrifices, and fine flour, and lighted the lamps, and set forth the leaves.


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In the year Bone hundred and eighty-eight, the people that is at Jerusalem, and in Judea, and the senate, and Judas, to Aristobolus, the preceptor of king Ptolemee, who is of the stock of the anointed priests, and to the Jews that are in Egypt, health and welfare.


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Having been delivered by God out of great dangers, we give him great thanks, forasmuch as we have been in war with such a king.


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For when the leader himself was in Persia, and with him a very great army, he fell in the temple of Nanea, being deceived by the counsel of the priests of Nanea.


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For Antiochus, with his friends, came to the place as though he would marry her, and that he might receive great sums of money under the title of a dowry.


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And when the priests of Nanea had set it forth, and he with a small company had entered into the compass of the temple, they shut the temple,


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When Antiochus was came in: and opening a secret entrance of the temple, they cast stones and slew the leader, and them that were with him, and hewed them in pieces, and cutting off their heads they threw them forth.


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Therefore whereas we purpose to keep the purification of the temple on the five and twentieth day of the month of Casleu, we thought it necessary to signify it to you: that you also may keep the day of Scenopegia, and the day of the fire, that was given when Nehemias offered sacrifice, after the temple and the altar was built.


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For when our fathers were led in Persia, the priests that then were worshippers of God took privately the fire from the altar, and hid it in a valley where there was a deep pit without water, and there they kept it safe, so that the place was unknown to all men.


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But when many years had passed, and it pleased God that Nehemias should be sent by the king of Persia, he sent some of the posterity of those priests that had hid it, to seek for the fire: and as they told us, they found no fire, but thick water.


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Then he bade them draw it up, and bring it to him: and the priest Nehemias commanded the sacrifices that were laid on, to be sprinkled with the same water, both the wood, and the things that were laid upon it.


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And when this was done, and the time came that the sun shone out, which before was in a cloud, there was a great fire kindled, so that all wondered.


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And all the priests made prayer, while the sacrifice was consuming, Jonathan beginning, and the rest answering.


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And the prayer of Nehemias was after this manner: O Lord God, Creator of all things, dreadful and strong, just and merciful, who alone art the goad king,


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Who alone art gracious, who alone art just, and almighty, and eternal, who deliverest Israel from all evil, who didst choose the fathers and didst sanctify them:


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Gather together our scattered people, deliver them that are slaves to the Gentiles, and look upon them that are despised and abhorred: that the Gentiles may know that thou art our God.


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And when the sacrifice was consumed, Nehemias commanded the water that was left to be poured out upon the great stones.


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Which being done, there was kindled a dame from them: but it was consumed by the light that shined from the altar.


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And when this matter became public, it was told to the king of Persia, that in the place where the priests that were led away, had hid the fire, there appeared water, with which Nehemias and they that were with him had purified the sacrifices.


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And the king considering, and diligently examining the matter, made a temple for it, that he might prove what had happened.


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And when he had proved it, he gave the priests many goods, and divers presents, and he took and distributed them to them with his own hand.


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And Nehemias called this place Nephthar, which is interpreted purification. But many call it Nephi.<pb/>


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Now it is found in the descriptions of Jeremias the prophet, that he commanded them that went into captivity, to take the fire, as it hath been signified, and how he gave charge to them that were carried away into captivity.


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And how he gave them the law that they should not forget the commandments of the Lord, and that they should not err in their minds, seeing the idols of gold, and silver, and the ornaments of them.


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And with other such like speeches, he exhorted them that they would not remove the law from their heart.


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It was also contained in the same writing, how the prophet, being warned by God, commanded that the tabernacle and the ark should accompany him, till he came forth to the mountain where Moses went up, and saw the inheritance of God.


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And when Jeremias came thither he found a hollow cave: and he carried in thither the tabernacle, and the ark, and the altar of incense, and so stopped the door.


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And when Jeremias perceived it, he blamed them, saying: The place shall be unknown, till God gather together the congregation of the people, and receive them to mercy.


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And then the Lord will shew these things, and the majesty of the Lord shall appear, and there shall be a cloud as it was also shewed to Moses, and he shewed it when Solomon prayed that the place might be sanctified to the great God.


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For he treated wisdom in a magnificent manner: and like a wise man, he offered the sacrifice of the dedication, and of the finishing of the temple.


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And as Moses prayed to the Lord and fire came down from heaven, and consumed the holocaust: so Solomon also prayed, and fire came down from heaven and consumed the holocaust.


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And these same things were set down in the memoirs and commentaries of Nehemias: and how he made a library, and gathered together out of the countries, the books both of the prophets, and of David, and the epistles of the kings. and concerning the holy gifts.


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And in like manner Judas also gathered together all such things as were lost by the war we had, and they are in our possession.


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As we are then about to celebrate the purification, we have written unto you: and you shall do well, if you keep the same days.


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And we hope that God who hath delivered his people, and hath rendered to all the inheritance, and the kingdom, and the priesthood, and the sanctuary,


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As he promised in the law, will shortly have mercy upon us, and will gather us together from every land under heaven into the holy place.


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Now as concerning Judas Machabeus. and his brethren, and the purification of the great temple, and the dedication o the altar:


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And the manifestations that from heaven to them, that behaved themselves manfully on the behalf of the Jews, so that, being but a few, they made themselves masters of the whole country, and put to flight; the barbarous multitude:


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And recovered again the most renowned temple in all the world, and delivered the city, and restored the laws that were abolished, the Lord with all clemency shewing mercy to them.


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And all such things as have been comprised in five books by Jason of Cyrene, we have attempted to abridge in one book.


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For considering the multitude of books, and the difficulty that they find that desire to undertake the narrations of histories, because of the multitude of the matter,


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We have taken care for those indeed that are willing to read, that it might be a pleasure of mind: and for the studious, that they may more easily commit to memory: and that all that read might receive profit.


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And as to ourselves indeed, in undertaking this work of abridging, we have taken in hand no easy task, yea rather a business full of watching and sweat.


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But as they that prepare a feast, and seek to satisfy the will of others: for the sake of many, we willingly undergo the labour.


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Leaving to the authors the exact handling of every particular, and as for ourselves, according to the plan proposed, studying to be brief.


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For as the master builder of a new house must have care of the whole building: but he that taketh care to paint it, must seek out fit things for the adorning of it: so must it be judged for us.


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For to collect all that is to be known, to put the discourse in order, and curiously to discuss every particular point, is the duty of the author of a history:


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Therefore when the holy city was inhabited with all peace, and the laws as yet were very well kept, because of the godliness of Onias the high priest, and the hatred his soul had of evil,


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It came to pass that even the kings themselves, and the princes esteemed the place worthy of the highest honour, and glorified the temple with very great gifts:


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So that Seleucus king of Asia allowed out of his revenues all the charges belonging to the ministry of the sacrifices.


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But one Simon of the tribe of Benjamin, who was appointed overseer of the temple, strove in opposition to the high priest, to bring about some unjust thing in the city.


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And when he could not overcome Onias he went to Apollonius the son of Tharseas, who at that time was governor of Celesyria and Phenicia:


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And told him, that the treasury in Jerusalem was full of immense sums of money, and the common store was infinite, which did not belong to the account of the sacrifices: and that it was possible to bring all into the king’s hands.


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Now when Apollonius had given the king notice concerning the money that he was told of, he called for Heliodorus, who had the charge over his affairs, and sent him with commission to bring him the foresaid money.


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So Heliodorus forthwith began his journey, under a colour of visiting the cities of Celesyria and Phenicia, but indeed to fulfill the king’s purpose.


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And when he was come to Jerusalem, and had been courteously received in the city by the high priest, he told him what information had been given concerning the money: and declared the cause for which he was come: and asked if these things were so indeed.


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Then the high priest told him that these were sums deposited, and provisions for the subsistence of the widows and the fatherless.


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And that some part of that which wicked Simon had given intelligence of, belonged to Hircanus son of Tobias, a man of great dignity: and that the whole was four hundred talents of silver, and two hundred of gold:


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But that to deceive them who had trusted to the place and temple which is honoured throughout the whole world, for the reverence and holiness of it, was a thing which could not by any means be done.


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But he, by reason of the orders he had received from the king, said that by: all means the money must be carried to the king.


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So on the day he had appointed, Heliodorus entered in to order this matter. But there was no small terror throughout the whole city.


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And the priests prostrated themselves before the altar in their priests’ vestments, and called upon him from heaven, who made the law concerning things given to be kept, that he would preserve them safe, for them that had deposited them.


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Now whosoever saw the countenance of the high priest, was wounded in heart: for his face, and the changing of his colour declared the inward sorrow of his mind.


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For the man was so compassed with sadness and horror of the body, that it was manifest to them that beheld him, what sorrow he had in his heart.


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Others also came hocking together out of their houses, praying and making public supplication, because the place was like to come into contempt.


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And the women, girded with haircloth about their breasts, came together in the streets. And the virgins also that were shut up, came forth, some to Onias, and some to the walls, and others looked out of the windows.


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For the expectation of the mixed multitude, and of the high priest who was in an agony, would have moved any one to pity.


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And these indeed called upon almighty God, to preserve the things that had been committed to them, safe and sure for those that had committed them.


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But Heliodorus executed that which he had resolved on, himself being present in the same place with his guard about the treasury.


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But the spirit of the almighty God gave a great evidence of his presence, so that all that had presumed to obey him, falling down by the power of God, were struck with fainting and dread.


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For there appeared to them a horse with a terrible rider upon him, adorned with a very rich covering: and he ran fiercely and struck Heliodorus with his fore feet, and he that sat upon him seemed to have armour of gold.


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Moreover there appeared two other young men beautiful and strong, bright and glorious, and in comely apparel: who stood by him, on either side, and scourged him without ceasing with many stripes.


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Arid Heliodorus suddenly fell to the ground, and they took him up covered with great darkness, and having put him into a litter they carried him out.


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So he that came with many servants, and all his guard into the aforesaid treasury, was carried out, no one being able to help him, the manifest power of God being known.


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But they praised the Lord because he had glorified his place: and the temple, that a little before was full of fear and trouble, when the almighty Lord appeared, was filled with joy and gladness.


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Then some of the friends of Heliodorus forthwith begged of Onias, that he would call upon the most High to grant him his life, who was ready to give up the ghost.


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So the high priest considering that the king might perhaps suspect that some mischief had been done to Heliodorus by the Jews, offered a sacrifice of health for the recovery of the man.


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And when the high priest was praying, the same young men in the same clothing stood by Heliodorus, and said to him: Give thanks to Onias the priest: because for his sake the Lord hath granted thee life.


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And thou having been scourged by God, declare unto all men the great works and the power of God. And having spoken thus, they appeared no more.


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So Heliodorus after he had offered a sacrifice to God, and made great vows to him, that had granted him life, and given thanks to Onias, taking his troops with him, returned to the king.


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And when the king asked Heliodorus, who might be a fit man to be sent yet once more to Jerusalem, he said:


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If thou hast any enemy or traitor to thy kingdom, send him thither, and thou shalt receive him again scourged, if so be he escape: for there is undoubtedly in that place a certain power of God.


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For he that hath his dwelling in the heavens, is the visitor, and protector of that place, and he striketh and destroyeth them that come to do evil to it.


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But Simon, of whom we spoke before, and of his country, spoke ill of Onias, as though he had incited Heliodorus to do these things, and had been the promoter of evils:


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And he presumed to call him a traitor to the kingdom, who provided for the city, and defended his nation, and wed zealous for the law of God.


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But when the enmities proceeded so far, that murders also were committed by some of Simon’s friends:


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Onias considering the danger of this contention, and that Apollonius, who was the governor of Celesyria and Phenicia, was outrageous, which increased the malice of Simon, went to the king,


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For he saw that, except the king took care, it was impossible that matters should be settled in peace, or that Simon would cease from his folly.


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But after the death of Seleucus, when Antiochus, who was called the Illustrious, had taken possession of the kingdom, Jason the brother of Onias ambitiously sought the high priesthood:


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And went to the king, promising him three hundred and sixty talents of silver, and out of other revenues fourscore talents.


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Besides this he promised also a hundred and fifty more, if he might have license to set him up a place for exercise, and a place for youth, and to entitle them, that were at Jerusalem, Antiochians.


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Which when the king had granted, and he had gotten the rule into his hands, forthwith he began to bring over his countrymen to the fashion of the heathens.


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And abolishing those things, which had been decreed of special favour by the kings in behalf of the Jews, by the means of John the father of that Eupolemus, who went ambassador to Rome to make amity and alliance, he disannulled the lawful ordinances of the citizens, and brought in fashions that were perverse.


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For he had the boldness to set up, under the very castle, a place of exercise, and to put all the choicest youths in brothel houses.


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Now this was not the beginning, but an increase, and progress of heathenish and foreign manners, through the abominable and unheard of wickedness of Jason, that impious wretch and no priest.


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Insomuch that the priests were not now occupied about the offices of the altar, but despising the temple and neglecting the sacrifices, hastened to be partakers of the games, and of the unlawful allowance thereof, and of the exercise of the discus.


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For the sake of which they incurred a dangerous contention, and followed earnestly their ordinances, and in all things they coveted to be like them, who were their enemies and murderers.


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For acting wickedly against the laws of God doth not pass unpunished: but this the time following will declare.


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The wicked Jason sent from Jerusalem sinful men to carry three hundred didrachmas of silver for the sacrifice of Hercules; but the bearers thereof desired it might not be bestowed on the sacrifices, because it was not necessary, but might be deputed for other charges.


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So the money was appointed by him that sent it to the sacrifice of Hercules: but because of them that carried it was employed for the making of galleys.


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Now when Apollonius the son of Mnestheus was sent into Egypt to treat with the nobles of king Philometor, and Antiochus understood that he was wholly excluded from the affairs of the kingdom, consulting his own interest, he departed thence and came to Joppe, and from thence to Jerusalem:


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Where he was received in a, magnificent manner by Jason, and the city, and came in with torch lights, and with praises, and from thence he returned with his army into Phenicia.


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Three years afterwards Jason sent Menelaus, brother of the aforesaid Simon, to carry money to the king, and to bring answers from him concerning certain necessary affairs.


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But he being recommended to the king, when he had magnified the appearance of his power, got the high priesthood for himself, by offering more than Jason by three hundred talents of silver.


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So having received the king’s mandate, he returned bringing nothing worthy of the high priesthood: but having the mind of a cruel tyrant, and the rage of a savage beast.


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Then Jason, who had undermined his own brother, being himself undermined, was driven out a fugitive into the country of the Ammonites.


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So Menelaus got the principality: but as for the money he had promised to the king he took no care, when Sostratus the governor of the castle called for it.


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And Menelaus was removed from the priesthood, Lysimachus his brother succeeding: and Sostratus was made governor of the Cyprians.


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When these things were in doing, it fell out that they of Tharsus and Mallos raised a sedition, because they were given for a gift to Antiochis, the king’s concubine.


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The king therefore went in all haste to appease them, leaving Andronicus, one of his nobles, for his deputy.


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Then Menelaus supposing that he had found a convenient time, having stolen certain vessels of gold out of the temple, gave them to Andronicus, and others he had sold at Tyre, and in the neighbouring cities.


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Which when Onias understood most certainly, he reproved him, keeping himself in a safe place at Antioch beside Daphne.


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Whereupon Menelaus coming to Andronicus, desired him to kill Onias. And he went to Onias, and gave him his right hand with an oath, and (though he were suspected by him) persuaded him to come forth out of the sanctuary, and immediately slew him, without any regard to justice.


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For which cause not only the Jews, but also the other nations, conceived indignation, and were much grieved for the unjust murder of so great a man.


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And when the king was come back from the places of Cilicia, the Jews that were at Antioch, and also the Creaks went to him: complaining of the unjust murder of Onias.


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Antiochus therefore was grieved in his mind for Onias, and being moved to pity, shed tears, remembering the sobriety and modesty of the deceased.


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And being inflamed to anger, he commanded Andronicus to be stripped of his purple, and to be led about through all the city: and that in the same place wherein he had committed the impiety against Onias, the sacrilegious wretch should be put to death, the Lord repaying him his deserved punishment.


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Now when many sacrileges had been committed by Lysimachus in the temple by the counsel of Menelaus, and the rumour of it was spread abroad, the multitude gathered themselves together against Lysimachus, a great quantity of gold being already carried away.


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Wherefore the multitude making an insurrection, and their minds being filled with anger, Lysimachus armed about three thousand men, and began to use violence, one Tyrannus being captain, a man far gone both in age, and in madness.


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But when they perceived the attempt of Lysimachus, some caught up stones, some strong clubs: and some threw ashes upon Lysimachus,


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And many of them were wounded, and some struck down to the ground, but all were put to flight: and as for the sacrilegious fellow himself, they slew him beside the treasury.


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And when the king was come to Tyre, three men were sent from the ancients to plead the cause before him.


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But Menelaus being convicted, promised Ptolemee to give him much money to persuade the king to favour him.


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So Ptolemee went to the king in a certain court where he was, as it were to cool himself, and brought him to be of another mind:


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So Menelaus who was guilty of all the evil, was acquitted by him of the accusations: and those poor men, who, if they had pleaded their cause even before Scythians, should have been judged innocent, were condemned to death.


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Thus they that prosecuted the cause for the city, and for the people, and the sacred vessels, did soon suffer unjust punishment.


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And so through the covetousness of them that were in power, Menelaus continued in authority, increasing in malice to the betraying of the citizens.<pb/>


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And it came to pass that through the whole city of Jerusalem for the space of forty days there were seen horsemen running in the air, in gilded raiment, and armed with spears, like bands of soldiers.


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And horses set in order by ranks, running one against another, with the shakings of shields, and a multitude of men in helmets, with drawn swords, and casting of darts, and glittering of golden armour, and of harnesses of all sorts.


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Now when there was gone forth a false rumour, as though Antiochus had been dead, Jason taking with him no fewer than a thousand men, suddenly assaulted the city: and though the citizens ran together to the wall, the city at length was taken, and Menelaus fled into the castle.


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But Jason slew his countrymen without mercy, not considering that prosperity against one’s own kindred is a very great evil, thinking they had been enemies, and not citizens, whom he conquered.


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Yet he did not gee the principality, but received confusion at tile end, for the reward of his treachery, and fled again into the country of the Ammonites.


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At the last having been shut up by Aretas the king of the Arabians, in order for his destruction, flying from city to city, hated by all men, as a forsaker of the laws, and execrable, as an enemy of his country and countrymen, he was thrust out into Egypt:


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And he that had driven many out of their country, perished in a strange land, going to Lacedemon, as if for kindred sake he should have refuge there:


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But he that had cast out many unburied, was himself cast forth both unlamented and unburied, neither having foreign burial, nor being partaker of the sepulchre of his fathers.


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Now when these things were done, the king suspected that the Jews would forsake the alliance: whereupon departing out of Egypt with a furious mind, he took the city by force of arms.


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And commanded the soldiers to kill, and not to spare any that came in their way, and to go up into the houses slay.


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Thus there was a slaughter of young and old, a destruction of women children, and killing of virgins and infants.


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And there were slain in the space o three whole days fourscore thousand, forty thousand were made prisoners, and as many sold.


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But this was not enough; he presumed also to enter into the temple, the most holy in all the world, Menelaus, that traitor to the laws, and to his country, being his guide.


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And taking in his wicked hands the holy vessels, which were given by other kings and cities, for the ornament and the glory of the place, he unworthily handled and profaned them.


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Thus Antiochus going astray in mind, did not consider that God was angry for a while, because of the sins of the habitants of the city: and therefore contempt had happened to the place:


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Otherwise had they not been involved in many sins, as Heliodorus, who was sent by king Seleucus to rob treasury, so this man also, as soon as had come, had been forthwith scourged, and put back from his presumption.


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And therefore the place also itself was made partaker of the evils of the people: but afterward shall communicate in the good things thereof, and as it was forsaken in the wrath of almighty God, shall be exalted again with great glory, when the great Lord shall be reconciled.


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So when Antiochus had taken away out of the temple a thousand and eight hundred talents, he went back in all haste to Antioch, thinking through pride, that he might now make the land navigable, and the sea passable on foot: such was the haughtiness of his mind.


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He left also governors to afflict the people: at Jerusalem, Philip, a Phrygian by birth, but in manners more barbarous than he that set him there:


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And in Gazarim, Andronicus and Menelaus, who bore a more heavy hand upon the citizens than the rest.


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And whereas he was set against the Jews, he sent that hateful prince Apollonius with an army of two and twenty thousand men, commanding him to kill all that were of perfect age, and to sell the women and the younger sort.


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Who when he was come to Jerusalem, pretending peace, rested till the holy day of the sabbath: and then the Jews keeping holiday, he commanded his men to take arms.


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And he slew all that were come forth to see: and running through the city with armed men, he destroyed a very great multitude.


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But Judas Machabeus, who was the tenth, had withdrawn himself into a desert place, and there lived amongst wild beasts in the mountains with his company: and they continued feeding on herbs, that they might not be partakers of the pollution.<pb/>


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But not long after the king sent a certain old man of Antioch, to compel the Jews to depart from the laws of their fathers and of God:


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And to defile the temple that was in Jerusalem, and to call it the temple of Jupiter Olympius: and that in Gazarim of Jupiter Hospitalis, according as they were that inhabited the place.


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For the temple was full of the riot and revellings of the Gentiles: and of men lying with lewd women. And women thrust themselves of their accord into the holy places, and brought in things that were not lawful.


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And neither were the sabbaths kept, nor the solemn days of the fathers observed, neither did any man plainly profess himself to be a Jew.


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But they were led by bitter constraint on the king’s birthday to the sacrifices: and when the feast of Bacchus was kept, they wore compelled to go about crowned with ivy in honour of Bacchus.


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And there went out a decree into the neighbouring cities of the Gentiles, by the suggestion of the Ptolemeans, that they also should act in like manner against the Jews, to oblige them to sacrifice:


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And whosoever would not conform themselves to the ways of the Gentiles, should be put to death: then was misery to be seen.


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For two women were accused to have circumcised their children: whom, when they had openly led about through the city with the infants hanging at their breasts, they threw down headlong from the walls.


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And others that had met together in caves that were near, and were keeping the sabbath day privately, being discovered by Philip, were burnt with fire, because they made a conscience to help themselves with their hands, by reason of the religious observance of the day.


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Now I beseech those that shall read this book, that they be not shocked at these calamities, but that they consider the things that happened, not as being for the destruction, but for the correction of our nation.


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For it is a token of great goodness when sinners are not suffered to go on in their ways for a long time, but are presently punished.


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For, not as with other nations (whom the Lord patiently expecteth, that when the day of judgment shall come, he may punish them in the fulness of their sins:)


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Doth he also deal with us, so as to suffer our sins to come to their height, and then take vengeance on us.


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And therefore he never withdraweth his mercy from us: but though he chastise his people with adversity, he forsaketh them not.


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But let this suffice in a few words for a warning to the readers. And now we must come to the narration.


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Eleazar one of the chief of the scribes, a man advanced in years, and of a comely countenance, was pressed to open his mouth to eat swine’s flesh.


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But he, choosing rather a most glorious death than a hateful life, went forward voluntarily to the torment.


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And considering in what manner he was come to it, patiently bearing, he determined not to do any unlawful things for the love of life.


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But they that stood by, being moved with wicked pity, for the old friendship they had with the man, taking him aside, desired that flesh might be brought, which it was lawful for him to eat, that he might make as if he had eaten, as the king had commanded of the flesh of the sacrifice:


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That by so doing he might be delivered from death: and for the sake of their old friendship with the man they did him this courtesy.


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But he began to consider the dignity of his age, and his ancient years, and the inbred honour of his grey head, and his good life and conversation from a child: and he answered without delay, according to the ordinances of the holy law made by God, saying, that he would rather be sent into the other world.


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For it doth not become our age, said he, to dissemble: whereby many young persons might think that Eleazar, at the age of fourscore and ten years, was gone over to the life of the heathens:


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And so they, through my dissimulation, and for a little time of a corruptible life, should be deceived, and hereby I should bring a stain and a curse upon my old age.


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For though, for the present time, I should be delivered from the punishments of men, yet should I not escape the hand of the Almighty neither alive nor dead.


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And I shall leave an example of fortitude to young men, if with a ready mind and constancy I suffer an honourable death, for the most venerable and most holy laws. And having spoken thus, he was forthwith carried to execution.


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And they that led him, and had been a little before more mild, were changed to wrath for the words he had spoken, which they thought were uttered out of arrogancy.


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But when he was now ready to die with the stripes, he groaned, and said: O Lord, who hast the holy knowledge, thou knowest manifestly that whereas I might be delivered from death, I suffer grevious pains in body: but in soul am well content to suffer these things because I fear thee.


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Thus did this man die, leaving not only to young men, but also to the whole nation, the memory of his death for an example of virtue and fortitude.<pb/>


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It came to pass also, that seven brethren, together with their mother, were apprehended, and compelled by the king to eat swine’s flesh against the law, for which end they were tormented with whips and scourges.


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But one of them, who was the eldest, said thus: What wouldst thou ask, or learn of us? we are ready to die rather than to transgress the laws of God, received from our fathers.


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Then the king being angry commanded fryingpans, and brazen caldrons to be made hot: which forthwith being heated,


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He commanded to cut out the tongue of him that had spoken first: and the skin of his head being drawn off, to chop off also the extremities of his hands and feet, the rest of his brethren, and his mother, looking on.


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And when he was now maimed in all parts, he commanded him, being yet alive, to be brought to the Are, and to be fried in the fryingpan: and while he was suffering therein long torments, the rest, together with the mother, exhorted one another to die manfully,


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Saying: The Lord God will look upon the truth, and will take pleasure in us, as Moses declared in the profession of the canticle: And In his servants he will take pleasure.


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So when the first was dead after this manner, they brought the next to make him a, mocking stock: and when they had pulled off the skin of his head with the hair, they asked him if he would eat, before he were punished throughout the whole body in every limb.


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But he answered in his own language, and said: I will not do it. Wherefore Ire also in the next place, received the torments of the first:


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And when he was at the last gasp, he said thus: Thou indeed, O most wicked man, destroyest us out of this present life: but the King of the world will raise us up, who die for his laws, in the resurrection of eternal life.


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After him the third was made a mocking stock, and when he was required, he quickly put forth his tongue, and courageously stretched out his hands:


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And said with confidence: These have from heaven, but for the laws of God I now despise them: because I hope to receive them again from him.


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So that the king, and they that were with him, wondered at the young man’s courage, because he esteemed the torments as nothing.


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And when he was now ready to die, he spoke thus: It is better, being put to death by men, to look for hope from God, to be raised up again by him: for, as to thee thou shalt have no resurrection unto life.


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Said: Whereas thou hast power among men, though thou art corruptible, thou dost what thou wilt: but think not that our nation is forsaken by God.


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But stay patiently a while, and thou shalt see his great power, in what manner he will torment thee and thy seed.


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After him they brought the sixth, and he being ready to die, spoke thus: Be not deceived without cause: for we suffer these things for ourselves, having sinned against our God, and things worthy of admiration are done to us:


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Now the mother was to be admired above measure, and worthy to be remembered by good men, who beheld seven sons slain in the space of one day, and bore it with a good courage, for the hope that she had in God:


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And she bravely exhorted every one of them in her own language, being filled with wisdom: and joining a man’s heart to a woman’s thought,


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She said to them: I know not how you were formed in my womb: for I neither gave you breath, nor soul, nor life, neither did I frame the limbs of every one of you.


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But the Creator of the world, that formed the nativity of man, and that found out the origin of all, he will restore to you again in his mercy, both breath and life, as now you despise yourselves for the sake of his laws.


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Now Antiochus, thinking himself despised, and withal despising the voice of the upbraider, when the youngest was yet alive, did not only exhort him by words, but also assured him with an oath, that he would make him a rich and a happy man, and, if he would turn from the laws of his fathers, would take him for a friend, and furnish him with things necessary.


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But when the young man was not moved with these things, the king called the mother, and counselled her to deal with the young man to save his life.


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So bending herself towards him, mocking the cruel tyrant, she said in her own language: My son, have pity upon me, that bore thee nine months my womb, and save thee suck years, and nourished thee, and brought thee up unto this age.


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I beseech thee, my son, look upon heaven and earth, and all that is in them: and consider that God made them out of nothing, and mankind also:


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So thou shalt not fear this tormentor, but being made a worthy partner with thy brethren, receive death, that in that mercy I may receive thee again with thy brethren.


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While she was yet speaking these words, the young man said: For whom do you stay? I will not obey the commandment of the king, but the commandment of the law, which was given us by Moses.


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But thou that hast been the author of all mischief against the Hebrews, shalt not escape the hand of God.


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And though the Lord our God is angry with us a little while for our chastisement and correction: yet he will be reconciled again to his servants.


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But thou, O wicked and of all men most flagitious, be not lifted up without cause with vain hopes, whilst thou art raging against his servants.


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For my brethren, having now undergone a short pain, are under the covenant of eternal life: but thou by the judgment of God shalt receive just punishment for thy pride.


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But I, like my brethren, offer up my life and my body for the laws of our fathers: calling upon God to be speedily merciful to our nation, and that thou by torments and stripes mayst confess that he alone is God.


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But in me and in my brethren the wrath of the Almighty, which hath justly been brought upon all our nation, shall cease.


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Then the king being incensed with anger, raged against him more cruelly than all the rest, taking it grievously that he was mocked.


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But Judas Machabeus, and they that were with him, went privately into the towns: and calling together their kinsmen and friends, and taking unto them such as continued in the Jews’ religion, they assembled six thousand men.


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And they called upon the Lord that he would look upon his people that was trodden down by all, and would have pity on the temple, that was defiled by the wicked:


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That he would have pity also upon the city that was destroyed, that was ready to be made even with the ground, and would hear the voice of the blood that cried to him:


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That he would remember also the most unjust deaths of innocent children, and the blasphemies offered to his name, and would shew his indignation on this occasion.


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Now when Machabeus had gathered a multitude, he could not be withstood by the heathens: for the wrath of the Lord was turned into mercy.


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So coming unawares upon the towns and cities, he set them on fire, and taking possession of the most commodious places, he made no small slaughter of the enemies,


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And especially in the nights he went upon these expeditions, and the fame of his valour was spread abroad every where.


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Then Philip, seeing that the man gained ground by little and little, and that things for the most part succeeded prosperously with him, wrote to Ptolemee the governor of Celesyria and Phenicia, to send aid to the king’s affairs.


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And he with all speed sent Nicanor the son of Patroclus, one of his special friends, giving him no fewer than twenty thousand armed men of different nations, to root out the whole race of the Jews, joining also with him Gorgias, a good soldier, and of great experience in matters of war.


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And Nicanor purposed to raise for the king the tribute of two thousand talents, that was to be given to the Romans, by making so much money of the captive Jews:


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Wherefore he sent immediately to the cities upon the sea coast, to invite men together to buy up the Jewish slaves, promising that they should have ninety slaves for one talent, not reflecting on the vengeance, which was to follow him from the Almighty.


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Now when Judas found that Nicanor was coming, he imparted to the Jews that were with him, that the enemy was at hand.


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Others sold all that they had left, and withal besought the Lord, that he would deliver them from the wicked Nicanor, who had sold them before he came near them:


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And if not for their sakes, yet for the covenant that he had made with their fathers, and for the sake of his holy and glorious name that was invoked upon them.


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But Machabeus calling together seven thousand that were with him, exhorted them not to be reconciled to the enemies, nor to fear the multitude of the enemies who came wrongfully against them, but to fight manfully:


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Setting before their eyes the injury they had unjustly done the holy place, and also the injury they had done to the city, which had been shamefully abused, besides their destroying the ordinances of the fathers.


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For, said he, they trust in their weapons, and in their boldness: but we trust in the Almighty Lord, who at a beck can utterly destroy both them that come against us, and the whole world.


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Moreover he put them in mind also of the helps their fathers had received from God: and how under Sennacherib a hundred and eighty-five thousand had been destroyed.


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And of the battle that they had fought against the Galatians in Babylonia, how they, being in all but six thousand, when it came to the point, and Macedonians their companions were a stand, slew a hundred and twenty thousand, because of the help they had from heaven, and for this they received many favours.


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With these words they were greatly encouraged, and disposed even to die for the laws and their country.


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So he appointed his brethren cap over each division of his army, Simon, and Joseph, and Jonathan, giving to one fifteen hundred men.


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And after the holy Book had been read to them by Esdras, and he had given them for a watchword, The help of God: himself leading the first band, he joined battle with Nicanor:


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And the Almighty being their helper, they slew above nine thousand men: and having wounded and disabled the greater part of Nicanor’s army, they obliged them to fly.


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But they came back for want of time: for it was the day before the sabbath: and therefore they did not continue the pursuit.


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But when they had gathered together their arms and their spoils, they kept the sabbath: blessing the Lord who had delivered them that day, distilling the beginning of mercy upon them.


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Then after the sabbath they divided the spoils to the feeble and the orphans, and the widows: and the rest they took for themselves and their servants.


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When this was done, and they had all made a common supplication, they besought the merciful Lord to be reconciled to his servants unto the end.


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Moreover they slew above twenty thousand of them that were with Timotheus and Bacchides who fought them, and they made themselves masters of the high strong holds: and they divided amongst them many spoils, giving equal portions to the feeble, the fatherless and the widows, yea and the aged also.


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And when they had carefully gathered together their arms, they laid them all up in convenient places, and the residue of their spoils they carried to Jerusalem:


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They slew also Philarches who was with Timotheus, a wicked man, who had many ways afflicted the Jews.


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And when they kept the feast of the victory at Jerusalem, they burnt Callisthenes, that had set fire to the holy gates, who had taken refuge in a certain house, rendering to him a worthy reward for his impieties:


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But as for that most wicked man Nicanor, who had brought a thousand merchants to the sale of the Jews,


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Being through the help of the Lord brought down by them, of whom he had made no account, laying; aside his garment of glory, fleeing through the midland country, he came alone to Antioch, being rendered very unhappy by the destruction of his army.


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And he that had promised to levy the tribute for the Romans by the means of the captives of Jerusalem, now professed that the Jews had God for their protector, and therefore they could not be hurt, because they followed the laws appointed by him.<pb/>


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For he had entered into the city called Persepolis, and attempted to rob the temple, and to oppress the city: but the multitude running together to arms, put them to flight: and so it fell out that Antiochus being put to flight returned with disgrace.


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Now when he was come about Ecbatana, he received the news of what had happened to Nicanor and Timotheus.


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And swelling with anger he thought to revenge upon the Jews the injury done by them that had put him to flight. And therefore he commanded his chariot to be driven, without stopping in his journey, the judgment of heaven urging him forward, because he had spoken so proudly, that he would come to Jerusalem, and make it a common burying place of the Jews.


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But the Lord the God of Israel, that seeth all things, struck him with an incurable and an invisible plague. For as soon as he had ended these words, a dreadful pain in his bowels came upon him, and bitter torments of the inner parts.


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And indeed very justly, seeing he had tormented the bowels of others with many and new torments, albeit he by no means ceased from his malice.


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Moreover being filled with pride, breathing out fire in his rage against the Jews, and commanding the matter to be hastened, it happened as he was going with violence that he fell from the chariot, so that his limbs were much pained by a grievous bruising of the body.


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Thus he that seemed to himself to command even the waves of the sea, being proud above the condition of man, and to weigh the heights of the mountains in a balance, now being cast down to the ground, was carried in a litter, bearing witness to the manifest power of God in himself:


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So that worms swarmed out of the body of this man, and whilst he lived in sorrow and pain, his flesh fell off, and the filthiness of his smell was noisome to the army.


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And the man that thought a little to before he could reach the stars of heaven, no man could endure to carry, for the intolerable stench.


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And by this means, being brought from his great pride, he began to come to the knowledge of himself, being admonished by the scourge of God, his pains increasing every moment.


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And when he himself could not now abide his own stench, he spoke thus: It is just to be subject to God, and that a mortal man should not equal himself to God.


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And the city to which he was going in haste to lay it even with the ground, and to make it a, common buryingplace, he now desireth to make free.


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And the Jews whom he said he would not account worthy to be so much as buried, but would give them up to be devoured by the birds and wild beasts, and would utterly destroy them with their children, he now promiseth to make equal with the Athenians.


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The holy temple also which before he had spoiled, he promiseth to adorn with goodly gifts, and to multiply the holy vessels, and to allow out of his revenues the charges pertaining to the sacrifices.


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Yea also, that he would become a Jew himself, and would go through every place of the earth, and declare the power of God.


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But his pains not ceasing (for the just judgment of God was come upon him) despairing of life he wrote to the Jews in the manner of a supplication, a letter in these words:


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To his very good subjects the Jews, Antiochus king and ruler wisheth much health and welfare, and happiness.


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If you and your children are well, and if all matters go with you to your mind, we give very great thanks.


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As for me, being infirm, but yet kindly remembering you, returning out of the places of Persia, and being taken with a grievous disease, I thought it necessary to take care for the common good:


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But considering that my father also, at what time she led an army into the higher countries, appointed who should reign after him:


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To the end that if any thing contrary to expectation should fall out, or ally bad tidings should be brought, they that were in the countries, knowing to whom the whole government was left, might not be troubled.


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Moreover, considering that neighbouring princes and borderers wait for opportunities, and expect what shall be the event, I have appointed my son Antiochus king, whom I often recommended to many of you, when I went into the higher provinces: and I have written to him what I have joined here below.


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I pray you therefore, and request of you, that remembering favours both public and private, you will every man of you continue to be faithful to me and to my son.


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For I trust that he will behave with I moderation and humanity, and following my intentions, will be gracious unto you.


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Thus the murderer and blasphemer, being grievously struck, as himself had treated others, died a miserable death in a strange country among the mountains.


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But Philip that was brought up with him, carried away his body: and out of fear of the son of Antiochus, went into Egypt to Ptolemee Philometor.<pb/>


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But Machabeus, and they that were with him, by the protection of the Lord, recovered the temple and the city again.


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But he threw down the altars, which the heathens had set up in the streets, as also the temples of the idols.


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And having purified the temple, they made another altar: and taking fire out of the fiery stones, they offered sacrifices after two years, and set forth incense, and lamps, and the leaves of proposition.


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And when they had done these things, they besought the Lord, lying prostrate on the ground, that they might no more fall into such evils; but if they should at any time sin, that they might be chastised by him more gently, and not be delivered up to barbarians and blasphemous men.


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Now upon the same day that the temple had been polluted by the strangers, on the very same day it was cleansed again, to wit, on the five and twentieth day of the month of Casleu.


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And they kept eight days with joy, after the manner of the feast of the tabernacles, remembering that not long before they had kept the feast of the tabernacles when they were in the mountains, and in dens like wild beasts.


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Therefore they now, carried boughs, and green branches, and palms for Him that had given them good success in cleansing his place.


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And they ordained by a common statute, and decree, that all the nation of the Jews should keep those days every year.


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But now we will relate the acts of Eupator the son of that wicked Antiochus, abridging the account of the evils that happened in the wars.


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For when he was come to the crown. he appointed over the affairs of his realm one Lysias, general of the army of Phenicia and Syria.


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For Ptolemee that was called Macer, was determined to be strictly just to the Jews, and especially by reason of the wrong that had been done them, and to deal peaceably with them.


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But being accused for this to Eupator by his friends, and being oftentimes called traitor, because he had left Cyprus which Philometor had committed to him, and coming over to Antiochus the Illustrious, had revolted also from him, he put an end to his life by poison.


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But Gorgias, who was governor of the holds, taking with him the strangers, often fought against the Jews.


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And the Jews that occupied the most commodious hold, received those that were driven out of Jerusalem, and attempted to make war.


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Then they that were with Machabeus, beseeching the Lord by prayers to be their helper, made a strong attack upon the strong holds of the Idumeans:


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And assaulting them with great force, won the holds, killed them that came in the way, and slew altogether no fewer than twenty thousand.


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And whereas some were fled into very strong towers, having all manner of provision to sustain a siege,


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Machabeus left Simon and Joseph, and Zacheus, and them that were with them in sufficient number to besiege them, and departed to those expeditions which urged more.


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Now they that were with Simon, being led with covetousness, were persuaded For the sake of money by some that were in the towers: and taking seventy thousand didrachmas, let some of them escape.


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But when it was told Machabeus what was done, he assembled the rulers of the people, and accused those men that they had sold their brethren for money, having let their adversaries escape.


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And having good success in arms and in all things he took in hand, he slew more than twenty thousand in the two holds.


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But Timotheus who before had been overcome by the Jews, having called together a multitude of foreign troops, and assembled horsemen out of Asia, came as though he would take Judea by force of arms.


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But Machabeus and they that were with him, when he drew near, prayed to the Lord, sprinkling earth upon their heads and girding their loins with haircloth,


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And lying prostrate at the foot of the altar, besought him to be merciful to them, and to be an enemy to their enemies, and an adversary to their adversaries, as the law saith.


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And so after prayer taking their arms, they went forth further from the city, and when they were come very near the enemies they rested.


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But as soon as the sun was risen both sides joined battle: the one part having with their valour the Lord for a surety o victory and success: but the other side making their rage their leader in battle.


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But when they were in the heat of the engagement there appeared to the enemies from heaven five men upon horses, comely with golden bridles, conducting the Jews:


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Two of whom took Machabeus between them, and covered him on every side with their arms, and kept him safe: but cast darts and fireballs against the enemy, so that they fell down, being both confounded with blindness, and filled with trouble.


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But they that were within, trusting to the strength of the place, blasphemed exceedingly, and cast forth abominable words.


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But when the fifth day appeared, twenty young men of them that were with Machabeus, inflamed in their minds because of the blasphemy, approached manfully to the wall, and pushing forward with fierce courage got up upon it.


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Moreover others also getting up after them, went to set Are to the towers and the gates, and to burn the blasphemers alive.


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And having for two days together pillaged and sacked the fortress, they killed Timotheus, who was found hid in a certain place: they slew also his brother Chereas, and Apollophanes.


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And when this was done, they blessed the Lord with hymns and thanksgiving, who had done great things in Israel, and given them the victory.<pb/>


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A short time after this Lysias the king’s lieutenant, and cousin, and who had chief charge over all the affairs, being greatly displeased with what had happened,


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Gathered together fourscore thousand men, and all the horsemen, and came against the Jews, thinking to take the city, and make it a habitation of the Gentiles:


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And to make a gain of the temple, as of the other temples of the Gentiles, and to set the high priesthood to sale every year:


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Never considering the power of God, but puffed up in mind, and trusting in the multitude of his foot soldiers, and the thousands of his horsemen, and his fourscore elephants.


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So he came into Judea, and approaching to Bethsura, which was in a narrow place, the space of five furlongs from Jerusalem, he laid siege to that fortress.


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But when Machabeus and they that were with him, understood that the strong holds were besieged, they and all the people besought the Lord with lamentations and tears, that he would send a good angel to save Israel.


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Then Machabeus himself, first taking his arms, exhorted the rest to expose themselves together with him, to the danger, and to succour their brethren.


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And when they were going forth together with a willing mind, there appeared at Jerusatem a horseman going before them in white clothing, with golden armour, shaking a spear.


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Then they all together blessed merciful Lord, and took great courage, being ready to break through not only men, but also the fiercest beasts, walls of iron.


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And rushing violently upon the my, like lions, they slew of them eleven thousand footmen, and one thousand hundred horsemen:


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And put all the rest to flight: many of them being wounded, escaped naked: yea and Lysias himself fled away shamefully, and escaped.


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And as he was a man of understanding considering with himself, the loss he had suffered, and perceiving that the Hebrews could not be overcome, because they relied upon the help of the Almighty God, he sent to them:


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And promised that he would agree to all things that are just, and that he would persuade the king to be their friend.


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Then Machabeus consented to the request of Lysias, providing for the common Food in all things, and whatsoever Machabeus wrote to Lysias concerning the Jews, the king allowed of.


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For there were letters written to the Jews from Lysias, to this effect: Lysias to the people of the Jews, greeting.


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John and Abesalom who were sent from you, delivering your writings, requested that I would accomplish those things which were signified by them.


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Therefore whatsoever things could be reported to the king I have represented to him: and he hath granted as much as the matter permitted.


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If therefore you will keep yourselves loyal in affairs, hereafter also I will endeavour to be a means of your good.


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But as concerning other particulars, I have given orders by word both to these, and to them that are sent by me, to commune with you.


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Fare ye well. In the year one hundred and forty-eight, the four and twentieth day of the month of Dioscorus.


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Our father being translated amongst the gods, we are desirous that they that are in our realm should live quietly, and apply themselves diligently to their own concerns,


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And we have heard that the Jews would not consent to my father to turn to the rites of the Greeks, but that they would keep to their own manner of living, and therefore that they request us to allow them to live after their own laws.


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Wherefore being desirous that this nation also should be at rest, we have ordained and decreed, that the temple should be restored to them, and that they may live according to the custom of their ancestors.


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Thou shalt do well therefore to send to them, and grant them peace, that our pleasure being known, they may be of good comfort, and look to their own affairs.


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But the king’s letter to the Jews was in this manner: King Antiochus to the senate of the Jews, and to the rest of the Jews, greeting.


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We grant therefore a safe conduct to all that come and go, until the thirtieth day of the month of Xanthicus,


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That the Jews may use their own Bind of meats, and their own laws as before, and that none of them any manner of ways be molested for things which have been done by ignorance.


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The Romans also sent them a letter, to this effect. Quintus Memmius, and Titus Manilius, ambassadors of the Romans, to the people of the Jews, greeting.


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But touching such things as he thought should be referred to the king, after you have diligently conferred among yourselves, send some one forthwith, that we may decree as it is convenient for you: for we are going to Antioch.


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Fare ye well. In the year one hundred and forty-eight, the fifteenth day of the month of Xanthicus.<pb/>


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But they that were behind, namely, Timotheus and Apollonius the son of Genneus, also Hieronymus, and Demophon, and besides them Nicanor the governor of Cyprus, would not suffer them to live in peace, and to be quiet.


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The men of Joppe also were guilty of this kind of wickedness: they desired the Jews who dwelt among them to go with their wives and children into the boats, which they had prepared, as though they had no enmity to them.


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Which when they had consented to, according to the common decree of the city, suspecting nothing, because of the peace: when they were gone forth into the deep, they drowned no fewer than two hundred of them.


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But as soon as Judas heard of this cruelty done to his countrymen, he commanded the men that were with him: and after having called upon God the just judge,


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He came against those murderers of his brethren, and set the haven on fire in the night, burnt the boats, and slew with the sword them that escaped from the fire.


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And when he had done these things in this manner, he departed as if he would return again, and root out all the Joppites.


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But when he understood that the men of Jamnia also designed to do in like manner to the Jews that dwelt among them,


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He came upon the Jamnites also by night, and set the haven on fire with the ships, so that the light of the fire was seen at Jerusalem two hundred and forty furlongs off.


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And when they were now gone from thence nine furlongs, and were marching towards Timotheus, five thousand footmen and Ave hundred horsemen of the Arabians set upon them.


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And after a hard fight, in which by the help of God they got the victory, the rest of the Arabians being overcome, besought Judas for peace, promising to give him pastures, and to assist him in other things.


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And Judas thinking that they might be profitable indeed in many things, promised them peace, and after having joined hands, they departed to their tents.


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He also laid siege to a certain strong city, encompassed with bridges and walls, and inhabited by multitudes of different nations, the name of which is Casphin.


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But they that were within it, trusting in the strength of the walls, and the provision of victuals, behaved in a more negligent manner, and provoked Judas with railing and blaspheming, and uttering such words as were not to be spoken.


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But Machabeus calling upon the great Lord of the world, who without any rams or engines of war threw down the walls of Jericho in the time of Josue, fiercely assaulted the walls.


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And having taken the city by the will of the Lord, he made an unspeakable slaughter, so that a pool adjoining of two furlongs broad seemed to run with the blood of the slain.


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From thence they departed seven hundred and fifty furlongs, and came to Characa to the Jews that are called Tubianites.


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But as for Timotheus, they found him not in those places, for before he had dispatched any thing he went back, having left a very strong garrison in a certain hold:


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But Dositheus, and Sosipater, who were captains with Machabeus, slew them that were left by Timotheus in the hold, to the number of ten thousand men.


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And Machabeus having set in order about him six thousand men, and divided them by bands, went forth against Timetheus, who had with him a hundred and twenty thousand footmen, and two thousand five hundred horsemen.


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Now when Timotheus had knowledge of the coming of Judas, he sent the women and children, and the other baggage before him into a fortress, called Carnion: for it was impregnable and hard to come at, by reason of the straitness of the places.


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But when the first band of Judas came in sight, the enemies were struck with fear, by the presence of God, who seeth all things, and they were put to flight one from another, so that they were often thrown down by their own companions, and wounded with the strokes of their own swords.


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And Timotheus himself fell into the hands of the band of Dositheus and Sosipater, and with many prayers he besought them to let him go with his life, because he had the parents and brethren of many of the Jews, who, by his death, might happen to be deceived.


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And when he had given his faith that he would restore them according to the agreement, they let him go without hurt, for the saving of their brethren.


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And after he had put to flight and destroyed these, he removed his army to Ephron, a strong city, wherein there dwelt a multitude of divers nations: and stout young men standing upon the walls made a vigorous resistance: and in this place there were many engines of war, and a provision of darts.


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But when they had invocated the Almighty, who with his power breaketh the strength of the enemies, they took the city; and slew five and twenty thousand of them that were within.


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But the Jews that were among the Scythopolitans testifying that they were used kindly by them, and that even in the times of their adversity they had treated them with humanity:


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They gave them thanks exhorting them to be still friendly to their nation, and so they came to Jerusalem, the feast of the weeks being at hand.


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But Dositheus, a horseman, one of Bacenor’s band, a valiant man, took hold of Gorgias: and when he would have taken him alive, a certain horseman of the Thracians came upon him, and cut off his shoulder: and so Gorgias escaped to Maresa.


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But when they that were with Esdrin had fought long, and were weary, Judas called upon the Lord to be their helper, and leader of the battle:


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Then beginning in his own language, and singing hymns with a loud voice, he put Gorgias’ soldiers to flight.


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So Judas having gathered together his army, came into the city Odollam: and when the seventh day came, they purified themselves according to the custom, and kept the sabbath in the place.


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And the day following Judas cam with his company, to take away the bodies of them that were slain, and to bury them with their kinsmen, in the sepulchres of their fathers.


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And they found under the coats of the slain some of the donaries of the idols of Jamnia, which the law forbiddeth to the Jews: so that all plainly saw, that for this cause they were slain.


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Then they all blessed the just judgment of the Lord, who had discovered the things that were hidden.


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And so betaking themselves to prayers, they besought him, that the sin which had been committed might be forgotten. But the most valiant Judas exhorted the people to keep themselves from sin, forasmuch as they saw before their eyes what had happened, because of the sins of those that were slain.


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And making a gathering, he sent twelve thousand drachms of silver to Jerusalem for sacrifice to be offered for the sins of the dead, thinking well and religiously concerning the resurrection,


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(For if he had not hoped that they that were slain should rise again, it would have seemed superfluous and vain to pray for the dead,)


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And because he considered that they who had fallen asleep with godliness, had great grace laid up for them.<pb/>


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In the year one hundred and forty-nine, Judas understood that Antiochus Eupator was coming with a multitude against Judea,


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And with him Lysias the regent, who had charge over the affairs of the realm, having with him a hundred and ten thousand footmen, five thousand horsemen, twenty-two elephants, and three hundred chariots armed with hooks.


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Menelaus also joined himself with them: and with great deceitfulness besought Antiochus, not for the welfare of his country, but in hopes that he should be appointed chief ruler.


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But the King of kings stirred up the mind of Antiochus against the sinner, and upon Lysias suggesting that he was the cause of all the evils, he commanded (as the custom is with them) that he should be apprehended and put to death in the same place.


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Now there was in that place a tower fifty cubits high, having a heap of ashes on every side: this had a prospect steep down.


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From thence he commanded the sacrilegious wretch to be thrown down into the ashes, all men thrusting him forward unto death.


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And by such a law it happened that Menelaus the transgressor of the law was put to death: not having so much as burial in the earth.


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And indeed very justly, for insomuch as he had committed many sins against the altar of God, the fire and ashes of which were holy: he was condemned to die in ashes.


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But the king, with his mind full of rage, came on to shew himself worse to the Jews than his father was.


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Which, when Judas understood, he commanded the people to call upon the Lord day and night, that as he had always done, so now also he would help them:


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Because they were afraid to be deprived of the law, and of their country, and of the holy temple: and that he would not suffer the people, that had of late taken breath for a little while, to be again in subjection to blasphemous nations.


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So when they had all done this together, and had craved mercy of the Lord with weeping and fasting, lying prostrate on the ground for three days continually, Judas exhorted them to make themselves ready.


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But he with the ancients determined, before the king should bring his army into Judea, and make himself master of the city, to go out, and to commit the event of the thing to the judgment of the Lord.


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So committing all to God, the creator of the world, and having exhorted his people to fight manfully, and to stand up even to death for the laws, the temple, the city, their country, and citizens: he placed his army about Modin.


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And having given his company for a watchword, The victory of God, with most valiant chosen young men, he set upon the king’s quarter by night, and slew four thousand men in the camp, and the greatest of the elephants, with them that had been upon him,


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And having filled the camp of the enemies with exceeding greet fear and tumult, they went off with good success.


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But the king having taken a taste of the hardiness of the Jews, attempted to take the strong places by policy:


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And he marched with his army to Bethsura, which was a strong hold of the Jews: but he was repulsed, he failed, he rest his men.


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But Rhodocus, one of the Jews’ army, disclosed the secrets to the enemies, so he was sought out, and taken up, and put in prison.


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Again the king treated with them that were in Bethsura: gave his right hand: took theirs: and went away.


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He fought with Jucias: and was overcome. And when he understood that Philip, who had been left over the affairs, had rebelled at Antioch, he was in a consternation of mind, and entreating the Jews, and yielding to them, he swore to all things that seemed reasonable, and, being reconciled, offered sacrifices, honoured the temple, and left gifts.


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But when he was come to Ptolemais, the men of that city were much displeased with the conditions of the peace, being angry for fear they should break the covenant.


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Then Lysias went up to the judgment seat, and set forth the reason, and appeased the people, and returned to Antioch: and thus matters went with regard to the king’s coming and his return.<pb/>


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But after the space of three years Judas, and they that were with him, understood that Demetrius the son of Seleucus was come up with a great power, and a navy by the haven of Tripolis to places proper for his purpose.


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Now one Alcimus, who had been chief priest, but had wilfully defiled himself in the time of mingling with the heathens, seeing that there was no safety for him, nor access to the altar,


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Came to king Demetrius in the year one hundred and fifty, presenting unto him a crown of gold, and a palm, and besides these, some boughs which seemed to belong to the temple. And that day indeed he held his peace.


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But having gotten a convenient time to further his madness, being called to counsel by Demetrius, and asked what the Jews relied upon, and what were their counsels,


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He answered thereunto: They among the Jews that are called Assideans, of whom Judas Machabeus is captain, nourish wars, and raise seditions, and will not suffer the realm to be in peace.


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For I also being deprived of my ancestors’ glory (I mean of the high priesthood) am now come hither:


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Principally indeed out of fidelity to the king’s interests, but in the next place also to provide for the good of my countrymen: for all our nation suffereth much from the evil proceedings of those men.


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Wherefore, O king, seeing thou knowest all these things, take care, I beseech thee, both of the country, and of our nation, according to thy humanity which is known to all men,


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Now when this man had spoken to this effect, the rest also of the king’s friends, who were enemies of Judas, incensed Demetrius against him.


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Giving him in charge, to take Judas himself: and disperse all them that were with him, and to make Alcimus the high priest of the great temple.


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Then the Gentiles who had fled out of Judea from Judas, came to Nicanor by docks, thinking the miseries and calamities of the Jews to be the welfare of their affairs.


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Now when the Jews heard of Nicanor’s coming, and that the nations were assembled against them, they cast earth upon their heads, and made supplication to him, who chose his people to keep them for ever, and who protected his portion by evident signs.


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Then at the commandment of their captain, they forthwith removed from the place where they were, and went to the town of Dessau, to meet them.


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Now Simon the brother of Judas had joined battle with Nicanor, but was frightened with the sudden coming of the adversaries.


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Nevertheless Nicanor hearing of the valour of Judas’ companions, and the greatness of courage with which they fought for their country, was afraid to try the matter by the sword.


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Wherefore he sent Posidonius, and Theodotius, and Matthias before to present and receive the right hands.


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And when there had been a consultation thereupon, and the captain had acquainted the multitude with it, the) were all of one mind to consent to covenants.


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So they appointed a day upon which they might commune together by themselves: and seats were brought out, and set for each one.


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But Judas ordered men to be ready in convenient places, lest some mischief might he suddenly practiced by the enemies: so they made an agreeable conference.


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And Nicanor abode in Jerusalem, and did no wrong, but sent away the flocks of the multitudes that had been gathered together.


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And he desired him to marry a wife, and to have children. So he married: he lived quietly, and they lived in common.


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But Alcimus seeing the love they had one to another, and the covenants, came to Demetrius, and told him that Nicanor assented to the foreign interest, for that he meant to make Judas, who was a traitor to the kingdom, his successor.


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Then the king being in a rage and provoked with this man’s wicked accusations, wrote to Nicanor, signifying, that he was greatly displeased with the covenant of friendship: and that he commanded him nevertheless to send Machabeus prisoner in all haste to Antioch.


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When this was known, Nicanor was in a consternation, and took it grievously that he should make void the articles that were agreed upon, having received no injury from the man.


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But when Machabeus perceived that Nicanor was more stern to him, and that when they met together as usual he behaved himself in a rough manner: and was sensible that this rough behaviour came not of good, he gathered together a few of his men, and hid himself from Nicanor.


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But he finding himself notably prevented by the man, came to the great and holy temple: and commanded the priests that were offering the accustomed sacrifices, to deliver him the man.


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And when they swore unto him, that they knew not where the man was whom he sought, he stretched out his hand to the temple,


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And swore, saying: Unless you deliver Judas prisoner to me, I will lay this temple of God even with the ground, and will beat down the altar, and I will dedicate this temple to Bacchus.


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And when he had spoken thus he departed. But the priests stretching forth their hands to heaven, called upon him that was ever the defender of their nation, saying in this manner:


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Thou, O Lord of all things, who wantest nothing, wast pleased that the temple of thy habitation should be amongst us.


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Therefore now, O Lord the holy of all holies, keep this house for ever undefiled which was lately cleansed.


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Now Razias, one of the ancients of Jerusalem, was accused to Nicanor, a man that was a lover of the city, and of good report, who for his affection was called the father of the Jews.


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This man, for a long time, had held fast his purpose of keeping himself pure in the Jews’ religion, and was ready to expose his body and life, that he might persevere therein.


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So Nicanor being willing to declare the hatred that he bore the Jews, sent five hundred soldiers to take him.


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Now as the multitude sought to rush into his house, and to break open the door, and to set fire to it, when he was ready to be taken, he struck himself with his sword:


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Choosing to die nobly rather than to fall into the hands of the wicked, and to suffer abuses unbecoming his noble birth.


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But whereas through haste he missed of giving himself a sure wound, and the crowd was breaking into the doors, he ran boldly to the wall, and manfully threw himself down to the crowd:


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And as he had yet breath in him, being inflamed in mind he arose: and while his blood ran down with a great stream, and he was grievously wounded, he ran through the crowd:


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And standing upon a steep rock, when he was now almost without blood, grasping his bowels with both hands, he cast them upon the throng, calling upon the Lord of life and spirit, to restore these to him again: and so he departed this life.<pb/>


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But when Nicanor understood that Judas was in the places of Samaria, he purposed to set upon him with all violence on the sabbath day.


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And when the Jews that were constrained to follow him, said: Do not act so fiercely and barbarously, but give honour to the day that is sanctified: and reverence him that beholdeth all things:


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That unhappy man asked, if there were a mighty One in heaven, that had commanded the sabbath day to be kept.


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Then he said: And I am mighty upon the earth, and I command to take arms, and to do the king’s business. Nevertheless he prevailed not to accomplish his design.


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So Nicanor being puffed up with exceeding great pride, thought to set up a public monument of his victory over Judas.


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And he exhorted his people not to fear the coming of the nations, but to remember the help they had before received from heaven, and now to hope for victory from the Almighty.


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And speaking to them out of the law, and the prophets, and withal putting them in mind of the battles they had fought before, he made them more cheerful:


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Then after he had encouraged them, he shewed withal the falsehood of the Gentiles, and their breach of oaths.


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So he armed every one of them, not with defence of shield and spear, but with very good speeches and exhortations, and told them a dream worthy to be believed, whereby he rejoiced them all.


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Now the vision was in this manner: Onias who had been high priest, a good and virtuous man, modest in his looks, gentle in his manners, and graceful in his speech, and who from a child was exercised in virtues, holding up his hands, prayed for all the people of the Jews:


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After this there appeared also another man, admirable for age, and glory, and environed with great beauty and majesty:


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Then Onias answering, Raid: This is a lover of his brethren, and of the people of Israel: this is he that prayeth much for the people, and for all the holy city, Jeremias the prophet of God.


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Take this holy sword a gift from God, wherewith thou shalt overthrow the adversaries of my people Israel.


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Thus being exhorted with the words of Judas, which were very good, and proper to stir up the courage, and strengthen the hearts of the young men, they resolved to fight, and to set upon them manfully: that valour might decide the matter, because the holy city and the temple were in danger.


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For their concern was less for their wives, and children, and for their brethren, and kinsfolks: but their greatest and principal fear was for the holiness of the temple.


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And they also that were in the city, had no little concern for them that were to be engaged in battle.


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And now when all expected what judgment would be given, and the enemies were at hand, and the army was set in array, the beasts and the horsemen ranged in convenient places,


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Machabeus considering the coming of the multitude, and the divers preparations of armour, and the fierceness of the beasts, stretching out his hands to heaven, called upon the Lord, that worketh wonders, who giveth victory to them that are worthy, not according to the power of their arms, but according as it seemeth good to him.


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And in his prayer he said after this manner: Thou, O Lord, who didst send thy angel in the time of Ezechias king of Juda, and didst kill a hundred and eighty-five thousand of the army of Sennacherib:


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Send now also, O Lord of heaven, thy good angel before us, for the fear and dread of the greatness of thy arm,


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That they may be afraid, who come with blasphemy against thy holy people. And thus he concluded his prayer.


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So fighting with their hands, but praying to the Lord with their hearts, they slew no less than five and thirty thousand, being greatly cheered with the presence of God.


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And when the battle was over, and they were returning with joy, they understood that Nicanor was slain in his armour.


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And Judas, who was altogether ready, in body and mind, to die for his countrymen, commanded that Nicanor’s head, and his hand with the shoulder should be cut off, and carried to Jerusalem.


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And when he was come thither, having called together his countrymen, and the priests to the altar, he sent also for them that were in the castle,


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And shewing them the head of Nicenor, and the wicked hand, which he had stretched out, with proud boasts, against the holy house of the Almighty God,


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He commanded also, that the tongue of the wicked Nicanor, should be cut out and given by pieces to birds, and the hand of the furious man to be hanged up over against the temple.


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And he hung up Nicanor’s head in the top of the castle, that it might be an evident and manifest sign of the help of God.


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But to celebrate the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, called, in the Syrian language, the day before Mardochias’ day.


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So these things being done with relation to Nicanor, and from that time the city being possessed by the Hebrews, I also will here make an end of my narration.


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Which if I have done well, and as it becometh the history, it is what I desired: but if not so perfectly, it must be pardoned me.


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\w Therefore|strong="G1223"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* solicitous \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w life|strong="G5590"\w*, \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w shall|strong="G3778"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*, \w nor|strong="G3366"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w*, \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w shall|strong="G3778"\w* \w put|strong="G1746"\w* \w on|strong="G1510"\w*. \w Is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w life|strong="G5590"\w* \w more|strong="G4183"\w* \w than|strong="G4183"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w meat|strong="G3588"\w*: \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w* \w more|strong="G4183"\w* \w than|strong="G4183"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* raiment?


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Behold \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w birds|strong="G4071"\w* \w of|strong="G3962"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w air|strong="G3772"\w*, \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w neither|strong="G3756"\w* \w sow|strong="G4687"\w*, \w nor|strong="G3761"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w reap|strong="G2325"\w*, \w nor|strong="G3761"\w* \w gather|strong="G4863"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w barns|strong="G0596"\w*: \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w heavenly|strong="G3770"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* feedeth \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. \w Are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w of|strong="G3962"\w* \w much|strong="G3123"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* value \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w*?


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\w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w which|strong="G5101"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* taking thought, \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w add|strong="G4369"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w stature|strong="G2244"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* cubit?


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\w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* raiment \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4459"\w* solicitous? Consider \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w lilies|strong="G2918"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w field|strong="G0068"\w*, \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w grow|strong="G0837"\w*: \w they|strong="G2532"\w* labour \w not|strong="G3756"\w*, \w neither|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G3309"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w spin|strong="G3514"\w*.


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\w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G3778"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w even|strong="G3761"\w* \w Solomon|strong="G4672"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* arrayed \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1391"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w*.


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\w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w grass|strong="G5528"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w field|strong="G0068"\w*, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w today|strong="G4594"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w tomorrow|strong="G0839"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w cast|strong="G0906"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* oven, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* doth \w so|strong="G2532"\w* clothe: \w how|strong="G3779"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, O ye \w of|strong="G2316"\w* little faith?


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\w Be|strong="G3767"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* solicitous \w therefore|strong="G3767"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, \w What|strong="G5101"\w* shall \w we|strong="G3767"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*: \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* shall \w we|strong="G3767"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* wherewith shall \w we|strong="G3767"\w* \w be|strong="G3767"\w* \w clothed|strong="G4016"\w*?


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\w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w after|strong="G1063"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* heathens \w seek|strong="G1934"\w*. \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w your|strong="G3956"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* knoweth \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w need|strong="G5535"\w* \w of|strong="G3962"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*.


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\w Seek|strong="G2212"\w* ye \w therefore|strong="G1161"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w kingdom|strong="G0932"\w* \w of|strong="G0932"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w justice|strong="G1343"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w shall|strong="G3778"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w added|strong="G4369"\w* unto \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.


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\w Be|strong="G3767"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w therefore|strong="G3767"\w* solicitous \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w tomorrow|strong="G0839"\w*; \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* morrow \w will|strong="G2250"\w* \w be|strong="G3767"\w* solicitous \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w itself|strong="G1438"\w*. \w Sufficient|strong="G0713"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w evil|strong="G2549"\w* thereof.<pb/>


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\w Judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w*, \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G3361"\w* \w may|strong="G2443"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* \w judged|strong="G2919"\w*,


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\w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w judgment|strong="G2917"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w shall|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w judged|strong="G2919"\w*: \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w measure|strong="G3354"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* mete, \w it|strong="G3739"\w* \w shall|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w measured|strong="G3354"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*.


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\w Any|strong="G3756"\w* \w why|strong="G5101"\w* seest thou \w the|strong="G3588"\w* mote \w that|strong="G0991"\w* \w is|strong="G5101"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* thy \w brother’s|strong="G0080"\w* \w eye|strong="G3788"\w*; \w and|strong="G1161"\w* seest \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* beam \w that|strong="G0991"\w* \w is|strong="G5101"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* thy \w own|strong="G3788"\w* \w eye|strong="G3788"\w*?


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\w Or|strong="G2228"\w* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* sayest thou \w to|strong="G3004"\w* thy \w brother|strong="G0080"\w*: \w Let|strong="G0863"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w cast|strong="G1544"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* mote \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* thy \w eye|strong="G3788"\w*; \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w behold|strong="G2400"\w* \w a|strong="G3708"\w* beam \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* thy \w own|strong="G3788"\w* \w eye|strong="G3788"\w*?


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Thou \w hypocrite|strong="G5273"\w*, \w cast|strong="G1544"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* beam \w in|strong="G2532"\w* thy \w own|strong="G3788"\w* \w eye|strong="G3788"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* shalt thou \w see|strong="G1227"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w cast|strong="G1544"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* mote \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* thy \w brother’s|strong="G0080"\w* \w eye|strong="G3788"\w*.


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\w Give|strong="G1325"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w dogs|strong="G2965"\w*; \w neither|strong="G3366"\w* \w cast|strong="G0906"\w* ye \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w pearls|strong="G3135"\w* \w before|strong="G1715"\w* \w swine|strong="G5519"\w*, \w lest|strong="G3361"\w* \w perhaps|strong="G3379"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w trample|strong="G2662"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w under|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w turning|strong="G4762"\w* upon \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w tear|strong="G4486"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.


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\w Ask|strong="G0154"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2147"\w* \w shall|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*: \w seek|strong="G2212"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w shall|strong="G2532"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w*: \w knock|strong="G2925"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2147"\w* \w shall|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w opened|strong="G0455"\w* \w to|strong="G2212"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.


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\w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3956"\w* asketh, receiveth: \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3956"\w* seeketh, findeth: \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2212"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3956"\w* knocketh, \w it|strong="G2147"\w* \w shall|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w opened|strong="G0455"\w*.


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\w Or|strong="G2228"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w man|strong="G0444"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w among|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* if \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w shall|strong="G0444"\w* \w ask|strong="G0154"\w* \w bread|strong="G0740"\w*, \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* reach \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w*?


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\w Or|strong="G2228"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w shall|strong="G2532"\w* \w ask|strong="G0154"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w a|strong="G2228"\w* \w fish|strong="G2486"\w*, \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* reach \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w a|strong="G2228"\w* \w serpent|strong="G3789"\w*?


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\w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w being|strong="G1510"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w*, \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w how|strong="G4214"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w good|strong="G0018"\w* \w gifts|strong="G1390"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G1487"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w*: \w how|strong="G4214"\w* \w much|strong="G4214"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w your|strong="G1487"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w good|strong="G0018"\w* \w things|strong="G0018"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w ask|strong="G0154"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*?


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\w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w therefore|strong="G3767"\w* whatsoever \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w would|strong="G0846"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w men|strong="G0444"\w* \w should|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w*.


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\w Enter|strong="G1525"\w* ye \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w narrow|strong="G4728"\w* \w gate|strong="G4439"\w*: \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w wide|strong="G4116"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w gate|strong="G4439"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w broad|strong="G2149"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* leadeth \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w destruction|strong="G0684"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G1525"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* thereat.


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\w How|strong="G3754"\w* \w narrow|strong="G4728"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w gate|strong="G4439"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* strait \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* leadeth \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w*: \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w few|strong="G3641"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w*!


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\w Beware|strong="G4337"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w false|strong="G5578"\w* \w prophets|strong="G5578"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w clothing|strong="G1742"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w inwardly|strong="G2081"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* ravening \w wolves|strong="G3074"\w*.


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\w By|strong="G0575"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w fruits|strong="G2590"\w* \w you|strong="G1438"\w* shall \w know|strong="G1921"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. \w Do|strong="G2228"\w* \w men|strong="G0846"\w* \w gather|strong="G4816"\w* \w grapes|strong="G4718"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w thorns|strong="G0173"\w*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w figs|strong="G4810"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w thistles|strong="G5146"\w*?


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\w Even|strong="G1161"\w* \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w good|strong="G0018"\w* \w tree|strong="G1186"\w* bringeth \w forth|strong="G4160"\w* \w good|strong="G0018"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w tree|strong="G1186"\w* bringeth \w forth|strong="G4160"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w*.


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\w A|strong="G4160"\w* \w good|strong="G0018"\w* \w tree|strong="G1186"\w* \w cannot|strong="G3756"\w* \w bring|strong="G5342"\w* \w forth|strong="G4160"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w*, \w neither|strong="G3756"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w an|strong="G4160"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w tree|strong="G1186"\w* \w bring|strong="G5342"\w* \w forth|strong="G4160"\w* \w good|strong="G0018"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w*.


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\w Every|strong="G3956"\w* \w tree|strong="G1186"\w* \w that|strong="G3956"\w* bringeth \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w forth|strong="G4160"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w*, \w shall|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w cut|strong="G1581"\w* \w down|strong="G1581"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w shall|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w cast|strong="G0906"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w fire|strong="G4442"\w*.


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Wherefore \w by|strong="G0575"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w fruits|strong="G2590"\w* \w you|strong="G1438"\w* shall \w know|strong="G1921"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*.


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\w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w* \w cast|strong="G1544"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w divided|strong="G3307"\w* \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w*: \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w shall|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w kingdom|strong="G0932"\w* \w stand|strong="G2476"\w*?


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\w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w of|strong="G0932"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w cast|strong="G1544"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* devils, \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w kingdom|strong="G0932"\w* \w of|strong="G0932"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w come|strong="G5348"\w* \w upon|strong="G1909"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.


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