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+THE HOLY BIBLE
+
+
+
+
+Translated from the Latin Vulgate
+
+
+Diligently Compared with the Hebrew, Greek,
+and Other Editions in Divers Languages
+
+
+THE OLD TESTAMENT
+First Published by the English College at Douay
+A.D. 1609 & 1610
+
+and
+
+THE NEW TESTAMENT
+First Published by the English College at Rheims
+A.D. 1582
+
+
+With Annotations
+
+
+The Whole Revised and Diligently Compared with
+the Latin Vulgate by Bishop Richard Challoner
+A.D. 1749-1752
+
+
+
+
+
+THE FIRST BOOK OF MACHABEES
+
+These books are so called, because they contain the history of the
+people of God under the command of Judas Machabeus and his brethren: and
+he, as some will have it, was surnamed Machabeus, from carrying in his
+ensigns, or standards, those words of Exodus 15.11, Who is like to thee
+among the strong, O Lord: in which the initial letters, in the Hebrew,
+are M. C. B. E. I. It is not known who is the author of these books. But
+as to their authority, though they are not received by the Jews, saith
+St. Augustine, (lib. 18, De Civ. Dei, c. 36,) they are received by the
+church: who, in settling her canon of the scriptures, chose rather to be
+directed by the tradition she had received from the apostles of Christ,
+than by that of the scribes and Pharisees. And as the church has
+declared these two Books canonical, even in two general councils, viz.,
+Florence and Trent, there can be no doubt of their authenticity.
+
+
+1 Machabees Chapter 1
+
+The reign of Alexander and his successors: Antiochus rifles and profanes
+the temple of God: and persecutes unto death all that will not forsake
+the law of God, and the religion of their fathers.
+
+1:1. Now it came to pass, after that Alexander the son of Philip the
+Macedonian, who first reigned in Greece, coming out of the land of
+Cethim, had overthrown Darius, king of the Persians and Medes:
+
+1:2. He fought many battles, and took the strong holds of all, and slew
+the kings of the earth:
+
+1:3. And he went through even to the ends of the earth: and took the
+spoils of many nations: and the earth was quiet before him.
+
+1:4. And he gathered a power, and a very strong army: and his heart was
+exalted and lifted up:
+
+1:5. And he subdued countries of nations, and princes; and they became
+tributaries to him.
+
+1:6. And after these things, he fell down upon his bed, and knew that he
+should die.
+
+1:7. And he called his servants, the nobles that were brought up with
+him from his youth: and he divided his kingdom among them, while he was
+yet alive.
+
+Divided his kingdom, etc... This is otherwise related by Q. Curtius;
+though he acknowledges that divers were of that opinion, and that it had
+been delivered by some authors, lib. 10. But here we find from the
+sacred text, that he was in error.
+
+1:8. And Alexander reigned twelve years, and he died.
+
+1:9. And his servants made themselves kings, every one in his place:
+
+1:10. And they all put crowns upon themselves after his death, and their
+sons after them, many years; and evils were multiplied in the earth.
+
+1:11. And there came out of them a wicked root, Antiochus the
+Illustrious, the son of king Antiochus, who had been a hostage at Rome:
+and he reigned in the hundred and thirty-seventh year of the kingdom of
+the Greeks.
+
+Antiochus the Illustrius... Epiphanes, the younger son of Antiochus the
+Great, who usurped the kingdom, to the prejudice of his nephew
+Demetrius, son of his elder brother Seleucus Philopater.-Ibid. Of the
+kingdom of the Greeks... Counting, not from the beginning of the reign
+of Alexander, but from the first year of Seleucus Nicator.
+
+1:12. In those days there went out of Israel wicked men, and they
+persuaded many, saying: Let us go and make a covenant with the heathens
+that are round about us: for since we departed from them, many evils
+have befallen us.
+
+1:13. And the word seemed good in their eyes.
+
+1:14. And some of the people determined to do this, and went to the
+king: and he gave them license to do after the ordinances of the
+heathens.
+
+1:15. And they built a place of excercise in Jerusalem, according to the
+laws of the nations:
+
+1:16. And they made themselves prepuces, and departed from the holy
+covenant, and joined themselves to the heathens, and were sold to do
+evil:
+
+1:17. And the kingdom was established before Antiochus, and he had a
+mind to reign over the land of Egypt, that he might reign over two
+kingdoms.
+
+1:18. And he entered into Egypt with a great multitude, with chariots,
+and elephants, and horsemen, and a great number of ships:
+
+1:19. And he made war against Ptolemee king of Egypt; but Ptolemee was
+afraid at his presence and fled, and many were wounded unto death.
+
+1:20. And he took the strong cities in the land of Egypt: and he took
+the spoils of the land of Egypt.
+
+1:21. And after Antiochus had ravaged Egypt, in the hundred and forty-
+third year, he returned and went up against Israel.
+
+1:22. And he went up to Jerusalem, with a great multitude.
+
+1:23. And he proudly entered into the sanctuary, and took away the
+golden altar, and the candlestick of light, and all the vessels thereof,
+and the table of proposition, and the pouring vessels, and the vials,
+and the little mortars of gold, and the veil, and the crowns, and the
+golden ornament that was before the temple: and he broke them all in
+pieces.
+
+1:24. And he took the silver and gold, and the precious vessels: and he
+took the hidden treasures, which he found: and when he had taken all
+away, he departed into his own country.
+
+1:25. And he made a great slaughter of men, and spoke very proudly.
+
+1:26. And there was great mourning in Israel, and in every place where
+they were:
+
+1:27. And the princes, and the ancients mourned, and the virgins and the
+young men were made feeble, and the beauty of the women was changed.
+
+1:28. Every bridegroom took up lamentation: and the bride that sat in
+the marriage bed, mourned:
+
+1:29. And the land was moved for the inhabitants thereof, and all the
+house of Jacob was covered with confusion.
+
+1:30. And after two full years, the king sent the chief collector of his
+tributes to the cities of Juda, and he came to Jerusalem with a great
+multitude.
+
+The chief collector, etc... Apollonius.
+
+1:31. And he spoke to them peaceable words in deceit; and they believed
+him.
+
+1:32. And he fell upon the city suddenly, and struck it with a great
+slaughter, and destroyed much people in Israel.
+
+1:33. And he took the spoils of the city, and burnt it with fire, and
+threw down the houses thereof, and the walls thereof round about:
+
+1:34. And they took the women captive, and the children, and the
+cattle they possessed.
+
+1:35. And they built the city of David with a great and strong wall, and
+with strong towers, and made it a fortress for them:
+
+The city of David... That is, the castle of Sion.
+
+1:36. And they placed there a sinful nation, wicked men, and they
+fortified themselves therein: and they stored up armour and victuals,
+and gathered together the spoils of Jerusalem;
+
+1:37. And laid them up there: and they became a great snare.
+
+1:38. And this was a place to lie in wait against the sanctuary, and an
+evil devil in Israel.
+
+An evil devil... That is, an adversary watching constantly to do harm,
+as the evil spirit is always watching and seeking whom he may devour.
+
+1:39. And they shed innocent blood round about the sanctuary, and
+defiled the holy place.
+
+1:40. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem fled away by reason of them and
+the city was made the habitation of strangers, and she became a stranger
+to her own seed, and her children forsook her.
+
+1:41. Her sanctuary was desolate like a wilderness, her festival days
+were turned into mourning, her sabbaths into reproach, her honours were
+brought to nothing.
+
+1:42. Her dishonour was increased according to her glory, and her
+excellency was turned into mourning.
+
+1:43. And king Antiochus wrote to all his kingdom, that all the people
+should be one: and every one should leave his own law.
+
+1:44. And all nations consented, according to the word of king
+Antiochus.
+
+1:45 And many of Israel consented to his service, and they sacrificed to
+idols, and profaned the sabbath.
+
+1:46. And the king sent letters by the hands of messengers to Jerusalem,
+and to all the cities of Juda; that they should follow the law of the
+nations of the earth.
+
+1:47. And should forbid holocausts and sacrifices, and atonements to be
+made in the temple of God.
+
+1:48. And should prohibit the sabbath, and the festival days to be
+celebrated.
+
+1:49. And he commanded the holy places to be profaned, and the holy
+people of Israel.
+
+1:50. And he commanded altars to be built, and temples, and idols, and
+swine's flesh to be immolated, and unclean beasts,
+
+1:51. And that they should leave their children uncircumcised, and let
+their souls be defiled with all uncleannesses, and abominations, to the
+end that they should forget the law, and should change all the
+justifications of God.
+
+1:52. And that whosoever would not do according to the word of king
+Antiochus, should be put to death.
+
+1:53. According to all these words he wrote to his whole kingdom: and he
+appointed rulers over the people that should force them to do these
+things.
+
+1:54. And they commanded the cities of Juda to sacrifice.
+
+1:55. Then many of the people were gathered to them that had forsaken
+the law of the Lord: and they committed evils in the land:
+
+1:56. And they drove away the people of Israel into lurking holes, and
+into the secret places of fugitives.
+
+1:57. On the fifteenth day of the month, Casleu, in the hundred and
+forty-fifth year, king Antiochus set up the abominable idol of
+desolation upon the altar of God, and they built altars throughout all
+the cities of Juda round about:
+
+The abominable idol, etc... Viz., the statue of Jupiter Olympius.
+
+1:58. And they burnt incense, and sacrificed at the doors of the houses
+and in the streets.  1:59. And they cut in pieces, and burnt with fire
+the books of the law of God:
+
+1:60. And every one with whom the books of the testament of the Lord
+were found, and whosoever observed the law of the Lord, they put to
+death, according to the edict of the king.
+
+1:61. Thus by their power did they deal with the people of Israel, that
+were found in the cities month after month.
+
+1:62. And on the five and twentieth day of the month they sacrificed
+upon the altar of the idol that was over against the altar of God.
+
+1:63. Now the women that circumcised their children were slain according
+to the commandment of king Antiochus,
+
+1:64. And they hanged the children about their neck in all their houses:
+and those that had circumcised them, they put to death.
+
+1:65. And many of the people of Israel determined with themselves, that
+they would not eat unclean things: and they chose rather to die, than to
+be defiled with unclean meats:
+
+1:66. And they would not break the holy law of God and they were put to
+death:
+
+1:67. And there was very great wrath upon the people.
+
+
+1 Machabees Chapter 2.
+
+The zeal and success of Mathathias. His exhortation to his sons at his
+death.
+
+2:1. In those days arose Mathathias, the son of John, the son of Simeon,
+a priest of the sons of Joarib, from Jerusalem, and he abode in the
+mountain of Modin:
+
+2:2. And he had five sons: John, who was surnamed Gaddis:
+
+2:3. And Simon, who was surnamed Thasi;
+
+2:4. And Judas, who was called Machabeus;
+
+2:5. And Eleazar, who was surnamed Abaron; and Jonathan, who was
+surnamed Apphus.
+
+2:6. These saw the evils that were done in the people of Juda, and in
+Jerusalem.
+
+2:7. And Mathathias said: Woe is me, wherefore was I born to see the
+ruin of my people, and the ruin of the holy city, and to dwell there,
+when it is given into the hands of the enemies?
+
+2:8. The holy places are come into the hands of strangers her temple is
+become as a man without honour.
+
+2:9. The vessels of her glory are carried away captive; her old men are
+murdered in the streets, and her young men are fallen by the sword of
+the enemies.
+
+2:10. What nation hath not inherited her kingdom, and gotten of her
+spoils?
+
+2:11. All her ornaments are taken away. She that was free is made a
+slave.
+
+2:12. And behold our sanctuary, and our beauty, and our glory is laid
+waste, and the Gentiles have defiled them.
+
+2:13. To what end then should we live any longer?
+
+2:14. And Mathathias and his sons rent their garments, and they covered
+themselves with haircloth, and made great lamentation.
+
+2:15. And they that were sent from king Antiochus, came thither, to
+compel them that were fled into the city of Modin, to sacrifice, and to
+burn incense, and to depart from the law of God.
+
+2:16. And many of the people of Israel consented and came to them: but
+Mathathias and his sons stood firm.
+
+2:17. And they that were sent from Antiochus, answering, said to
+Mathathias: Thou art a ruler, and an honourable, and great man in this
+city, and adorned with sons, and brethren.
+
+2:18. Therefore, come thou first, and obey the king's commandment, as
+all nations have done, and the men of Juda, and they that remain in
+Jerusalem: and thou, and thy sons shall be in the number of the king's
+friends, and enriched with gold, and silver, and many presents.  2:19.
+Then Mathathias answered, and said with a loud voice: Although all
+nations obey king Antiochus, so as to depart every man from the service
+of the law of his fathers, and consent to his commandments:
+
+2:20. I and my sons, and my brethren will obey the law of our fathers.
+
+2:21. God be merciful unto us: it is not profitable for us to forsake
+the law, and the justices of God:
+
+2:22. We will not hearken to the words of king Antiochus, neither will
+we sacrifice and transgress the commandments of our law, to go another
+way.
+
+2:23. Now as he left off speaking these words, there came a certain Jew
+in the sight of all to sacrifice to the idols upon the altar in the city
+of Modin, according to the king's commandment.
+
+2:24. And Mathathias saw, and was grieved, and his reins trembled, and
+his wrath was kindled according to the judgment of the law, and running
+upon him he slew him upon the altar:
+
+2:25. Moreover the man whom king Antiochus had sent, who compelled them
+to sacrifice, he slew at the same time, and pulled down the altar,
+
+2:26. And shewed zeal for the law, as Phinees did by Zamri, the son of
+Salomi.
+
+2:27. And Mathathias cried out in the city with a loud voice, saying:
+Every one that hath zeal for the law, and maintaineth the testament, let
+him follow me.
+
+2:28. So he and his sons fled into the mountains, and left all that they
+had in the city.
+
+2:29. Then many that sought after judgment, and justice, went down into
+the desert,
+
+2:30. And they abode there, they and their children, and their wives,
+and their cattle: because afflictions increased upon them.
+
+2:31. And it was told to the king's men, and to the army that was in
+Jerusalem, in the city of David, that certain men, who had broken the
+king's commandment, were gone away into the secret places in the
+wilderness, and that many were gone after them.
+
+2:32. And forthwith they went out towards them, and made war against
+them on the sabbath day.
+
+2:33. And they said to them: Do you still resist? come forth, and do
+according to the edict of king Antiochus, and you shall live.
+
+2:34. And they said: We will not come forth, neither will we obey the
+king's edict, to profane the sabbath day.
+
+2:35. And they made haste to give them battle.
+
+2:36. But they answered them not, neither did they cast a stone at them,
+nor stopped up the secret places,
+
+2:37. Saying: Let us all die in our innocency: and heaven and earth
+shall be witnesses for us, that you put us to death wrongfully.
+
+2:38. So they gave them battle on the sabbath: and they were slain, with
+their wives, and their children, and their cattle, to the number of a
+thousand persons.
+
+2:39. And Mathathias and his friends heard of it, and they mourned for
+them exceedingly.
+
+2:40. And every man said to his neighbour: If we shall all do as our
+brethren have done, and not fight against the heathens for our lives,
+and our justifications, they will now quickly root us out of the earth.
+
+2:41. And they determined in that day, saying: Whosoever shall come up
+against us to fight on the sabbath day, we will fight against him: and
+we will not all die, as our brethren that were slain in the secret
+places.
+
+2:42. Then was assembled to them the congregation of the Assideans, the
+stoutest of Israel, every one that had a good will for the law.
+
+The Assideans... A set of men that led a religious life; and were
+zealous for the law and worship of God.
+
+2:43. And all they that fled from the evils, joined themselves to them,
+and were a support to them.
+
+2:44. And they gathered an army, and slew the sinners in their wrath,
+and the wicked men in their indignation: and the rest fled to the
+nations for safety.
+
+2:45. And Mathathias and his friends went round about, and they threw
+down the altars:
+
+2:46. And they circumcised all the children whom they found in the
+confines of Israel that were uncircumcised: and they did valiantly.
+
+2:47. And they pursued after the children of pride, and the work
+prospered in their hands:
+
+2:48. And they recovered the law out of the hands of the nations, and
+out of the hands of the kings: and they yielded not the horn to the
+sinner.
+
+They yielded not the horn, etc... That is, they suffered not the power
+of Antiochus, that man of sin, to abolish the law and religion of God.
+
+2:49. Now the days drew near that Mathathias should die, and he said to
+his sons: Now hath pride and chastisement gotten strength, and the time
+of destruction, and the wrath of indignation:
+
+2:50. Now, therefore, O my sons, be ye zealous for the law, and give
+your lives for the covenant of your fathers.
+
+2:51. And call to remembrance the works of the fathers, which they have
+done in their generations: and you shall receive great glory, and an
+everlasting name.
+
+2:52. Was not Abraham found faithful in temptation, and it was reputed
+to him unto justice?
+
+2:53. Joseph, in the time of his distress, kept the commandment, and he
+was made lord of Egypt.
+
+2:54. Phinees, our father, by being fervent in the zeal of God, received
+the covenant of an everlasting priesthood.
+
+2:55. Jesus, whilst he fulfilled the word, was made ruler in Israel.
+
+Jesus... That is, Josue.
+
+2:56. Caleb, for bearing witness before the congregation, received an
+inheritance.
+
+2:57. David, by his mercy, obtained the throne of an everlasting
+kingdom.
+
+2:58. Elias, while he is full of zeal for the law, was taken up into
+heaven.
+
+2:59. Ananias and Azarias and Misael, by believing, were delivered out
+of the flame.
+
+2:60. Daniel, in his innocency, was delivered out of the mouth of the
+lions.
+
+2:61. And thus consider, through all generations: that none that trust
+in him, fail in strength.
+
+2:62. And fear not the words of a sinful man, for his glory is dung and
+worms:
+
+2:63. Today he is lifted up, and tomorrow he shall not be found, because
+he is returned into his earth and his thought is come to nothing.
+
+2:64. You, therefore, my sons, take courage, and behave manfully in the
+law: for by it you shall be glorious.
+
+2:65. And behold, I know that your brother Simon is a man of counsel:
+give ear to him always, and he shall be a father to you.
+
+2:66. And Judas Machabeus, who is valiant and strong from his youth up,
+let him be the leader of your army, and he shall manage the war of the
+people.
+
+2:67. And you shall take to you all that observe the law: and revenge ye
+the wrong of your people.
+
+2:68. Render to the Gentiles their reward, and take heed to the precepts
+of the law.
+
+2:69. And he blessed them, and was joined to his fathers.
+
+2:70. And he died in the hundred and forty-sixth year: and he was buried
+by his sons in the sepulchres of his fathers, in Modin, and all Israel
+mourned for him with great mourning.
+
+1 Machabees Chapter 3
+
+Judas Machabeus succeeds his father, and overthrows Apollonius and
+Seron. A great army is sent against him out of Syria. He prepares his
+people for battle by fasting and prayer.
+
+3:1. Then his son Judas, called Machabeus, rose up in his stead.
+
+3:2. And all his brethren helped him, and all they that had joined
+themselves to his father, and they fought with cheerfulness the battle
+of Israel.
+
+3:3. And he got his people great honour, and put on a breastplate as a
+giant, and girt his warlike armour about him in battles, and protected
+the camp with his sword.
+
+3:4. In his acts he was like a lion, and like a lion's whelp roaring for
+his prey.
+
+3:5. And he pursued the wicked and sought them out, and them that
+troubled his people he burnt with fire:
+
+3:6. And his enemies were driven away for fear of him, and all the
+workers of iniquity were troubled: and salvation prospered in his hand.
+
+3:7. And he grieved many kings, and made Jacob glad with his works, and
+his memory is blessed for ever.
+
+3:8. And he went through the cities of Juda, and destroyed the wicked
+out of them, and turned away wrath from Israel.
+
+3:9. And he was renowned even to the utmost part of the earth, and he
+gathered them that were perishing.
+
+3:10. And Apollonius gathered together the Gentiles, and a numerous and
+great army from Samaria, to make war against Israel.
+
+3:11. And Judas understood it, and went forth to meet him: and he
+overthrew him, and killed him: and many fell down slain, and the rest
+fled away.
+
+3:12. And he took their spoils, and Judas took the sword of Apollonius,
+and fought with it all his lifetime.
+
+3:13. And Seron, captain of the army of Syria, heard that Judas had
+assembled a company of the faithful, and a congregation with him,
+
+3:14. And he said I will get me a name, and will be glorified in the
+kingdom, and will overthrow Judas, and those that are with him, that
+have despised the edict of the king.
+
+3:15. And he made himself ready; and the host of the wicked went up with
+him, strong succours, to be revenged of the children of Israel.
+
+3:16. And they approached even as far as Bethoron: and Judas went forth
+to meet him, with a small company.
+
+3:17. But when they saw the army coming to meet them, they said to
+Judas: How shall we, being few, be able to fight against so great a
+multitude, and so strong, and we are ready to faint with fasting today?
+
+3:18. And Judas said: It is an easy matter for many to be shut up in the
+hands of a few: and there is no difference in the sight of the God of
+heaven to deliver with a great multitude, or with a small company:
+
+3:19. For the success of war is not in the multitude of the army, but
+strength cometh from heaven.
+
+3:20. They come against us with an insolent multitude, and with pride,
+to destroy us, and our wives, and our children, and to take our spoils.
+
+3:21. But we will fight for our lives, and our laws:
+
+3:22. And the Lord himself will overthrow them before our face, but as
+for you, fear them not.
+
+3:23. And as soon as he had made an end of speaking, he rushed suddenly
+upon them: and Seron, and his host were overthrown before him:
+
+3:24. And he pursued him by the descent of Bethoron, even to the plain,
+and there fell of them eight hundred men, and the rest fled into the
+land of the Philistines.
+
+3:25. And the fear of Judas, and of his brethren, and the dread of them,
+fell upon all the nations round about them.
+
+3:26. And his fame came to the king, and all nations told of the battles
+of Judas.
+
+3:27. Now when king Antiochus heard these words, he was angry in his
+mind: and he sent, and gathered the forces of all his kingdom, an
+exceeding strong army.
+
+3:28. And he opened his treasury, and gave out pay to the army for a
+year: and he commanded them, that they should be ready for all things.
+
+3:29. And he perceived that the money of his treasures failed, and that
+the tributes of the country were small, because of the dissension, and
+the evil that he had brought upon the land, that he might take away the
+laws of old times:
+
+3:30. And he feared that he should not have as formerly enough for
+charges and gifts, which he had given before with a liberal hand: for he
+had abounded more than the kings that had been before him.
+
+3:31. And he was greatly perplexed in mind, and purposed to go into
+Persia, and to take tributes of the countries, and to gather much money.
+
+3:32. And he left Lysias, a nobleman of the blood royal to oversee the
+affairs of the kingdom from the river Euphrates even to the river of
+Egypt:
+
+3:33. And to bring up his son, Antiochus, till he came again.
+
+3:34. And he delivered to him half the army, and the elephants: and he
+gave him charge concerning all that he would have done, and concerning
+the inhabitants of Judea, and Jerusalem.
+
+3:35. And that he should send an army against them to destroy and root
+out the strength of Israel, and the remnant of Jerusalem, and to take
+away the memory of them from that place.
+
+3:36. And that he should settle strangers, to dwell in all their coasts,
+and divide their land by lot.
+
+3:37. So the king took the half of the army that remained, and went
+forth from Antioch, the chief city of his kingdom, in the hundred and
+forty-seventh year: and he passed over the river Euphrates, and went
+through the higher countries.
+
+3:38. Then Lysias chose Ptolemee, the son of Dorymenus, and Nicanor, and
+Gorgias, mighty men of the king's friends.
+
+3:39. And he sent with them forty thousand men, and seven thousand
+horsemen: to go into the land of Juda, and to destroy it, according to
+the king's orders.
+
+3:40. So they went forth with all their power, and came, and pitched
+near Emmaus, in the plain country.
+
+3:41. And the merchants of the countries heard the fame of them: and
+they took silver and gold in abundance, and servants: and they came into
+the camp, to buy the children of Israel for slaves: and there were
+joined to them the forces of Syria, and of the land of the strangers.
+
+3:42. And Judas, and his brethren, saw that evils were multiplied, and
+that the armies approached to their borders: and they knew the orders
+the king had given to destroy the people, and utterly abolish them.
+
+3:43. And they said, every man to his neighbour: Let us raise up the low
+condition of our people, and let us fight for our people, and our
+sanctuary.
+
+3:44. And the assembly was gathered, that they might be ready for
+battle, and that they might pray, and ask mercy and compassion.
+
+3:45. Now Jerusalem was not inhabited, but was like a desert: there was
+none of her children that went in or out: and the sanctuary was trodden
+down: and the children of strangers were in the castle, there was the
+habitation of the Gentiles: and joy was taken away from Jacob, and the
+pipe and harp ceased there.
+
+3:46. And they assembled together, and came to Maspha, over against
+Jerusalem: for in Maspha was a place of prayer heretofore in Israel.
+
+3:47. And they fasted that day, and put on haircloth, and put ashes upon
+their heads: and they rent their garments:
+
+3:48. And they laid open the books of the law, in which the Gentiles
+searched for the likeness of their idols:
+
+3:49. And they brought the priestly ornaments, and the first fruits and
+tithes, and stirred up the Nazarites that had fulfilled their days:
+
+3:50. And they cried with a loud voice toward heaven, saying: What shall
+we do with these, and whither shall we carry them?
+
+3:51. For thy holies are trodden down, and are profaned, and thy priests
+are in mourning, and are brought low.
+
+3:52. And behold the nations are come together against us, to destroy
+us: thou knowest what they intend against us.
+
+3:53. How shall we be able to stand before their face, unless thou, O
+God, help us?
+
+3:64. Then they sounded with trumpets, and cried out with a loud voice.
+
+3:66. And after this, Judas appointed captains over the people, over
+thousands, and over hundreds, and over fifties, and over tens.
+
+3:66. And he said to them that were building houses, or had betrothed
+wives, or were planting vineyards, or were fearful, that they should
+return every man to his house, according to the law.
+
+3:67. So they removed the camp, and pitched on the south side of Emmaus.
+
+3:68. And Judas said: Gird yourselves, and be valiant men, and be ready
+against the morning, that you may fight with these nations that are
+assembled against us to destroy us and our sanctuary.
+
+3:59. For it is better for us to die in battle, than to see the evils of
+our nation, and of the holies:
+
+3:60. Nevertheless, as it shall be the will of God in heaven, so be it
+done.
+
+1 Machabees Chapter 4
+
+Judas routs the king's army. Gorgias flies before him. Lysias comes
+against him with a great army, but is defeated. Judas cleanses the
+temple, sets up a new altar, and fortifies the sanctuary.
+
+4:1. Then Gorgias took five thousand men, and a thousand of the best
+horsemen; and they removed out of the camp by night.
+
+4:2. That they might come upon the camp of the Jews and strike them
+suddenly: and the men that were of the castle were their guides.
+
+4:3. And Judas heard of it, and rose up, he and the valiant men, to
+attack the king's forces that were in Emmaus.
+
+4:4. For as yet the army was dispersed from the camp
+
+The army was dispersed... That is, in different divisions, not
+altogether encamped.
+
+4:5. And Gorgias came by night into the camp of Judas, and found no man;
+and he sought them in the mountains: for he said: These men flee from
+us.
+
+4:6. And when it was day, Judas shewed himself in the plain with three
+thousand men only, who neither had armour nor swords:
+
+Who neither had armour nor swords... Such as they wished for.
+
+4:7. And they saw the camp of the Gentiles that it was strong, and the
+men in breastplates, and the horsemen round about them, and these were
+trained up to war.
+
+4:8. And Judas said to the men that were with him: Fear ye not their
+multitude, neither be ye afraid of their assault.
+
+4:9. Remember in what manner our fathers were saved in the Red Sea, when
+Pharaoh pursued them with a great army.
+
+4:10. And now let us cry to heaven, and the Lord will have mercy on us,
+and will remember the covenant of our fathers, and will destroy this
+army before our face this day:
+
+4:11. And all nations shall know that there is one that redeemeth and
+delivereth Israel.
+
+4:12. And the strangers lifted up their eyes, and saw them coming
+against them.
+
+4:13. And they went out of the camp to battle, and they that were with
+Judas sounded the trumpet.
+
+4:14. And they joined battle: and the Gentiles were routed, and fled
+into the plain.
+
+4:15. But all the hindmost of them fell by the sword and they pursued
+them as far as Gezeron, and even to the plains of Idumea, and of Azotus,
+and of Jamnia: and there fell of them to the number of three thousand
+men.
+
+4:16. And Judas returned again with his army that followed him.
+
+4:17. And he said to the people: Be not greedy of the spoils; for there
+is war before us:
+
+4:18. And Gorgias and his army are near us in the mountain: but stand ye
+now against our enemies, and overthrow them, and you shall take the
+spoils afterwards with safety.
+
+4:19. And as Judas was speaking these words, behold part of them
+appeared, looking forth from the mountain.
+
+4:20. And Gorgias saw that his men were put to flight, and that they had
+set fire to the camp: for the smoke that was seen declared what was
+done.
+
+4:21. And when they had seen this, they were seized with great fear,
+seeing at the same time Judas and his army in the plain ready to fight.
+
+4:22. So they all fled away into the land of the strangers.
+
+4:23. And Judas returned to take the spoils of the camp, and they got
+much gold, and silver, and blue silk, and purple of the sea, and great
+riches.
+
+4:24. And returning home, they sung a hymn, and blessed God in heaven,
+because he is good, because his mercy endureth for ever.
+
+4:25. So Israel had a great deliverance that day.
+
+4:26 And such of the strangers as escaped, went and told Lysias all that
+had happened.
+
+4:27. And when he heard these things, he was amazed and discouraged:
+because things had not succeeded in Israel according to his mind, and as
+the king had commanded.
+
+4:28. So the year following, Lysias gathered together threescore
+thousand chosen men, and five thousand horsemen, that he might subdue
+them.
+
+4:29. And they came into Judea, and pitched their tents in Bethoron, and
+Judas met them with ten thousand men.
+
+4:30. And they saw that the army was strong, and he prayed and said:
+Blessed art thou, O Saviour of Israel, who didst break the violence of
+the mighty by the hand of thy servant David, and didst deliver up the
+camp of the strangers into the hands of Jonathan the son of Saul, and of
+his armour bearer.
+
+4:31. Shut up this army in the hands of thy people Israel, and let them
+be confounded in their host and their horsemen.  32 Strike them with
+fear, and cause the boldness of their strength to languish, and let them
+quake at their own destruction.
+
+4:33. Cast them down with the sword of them that love thee: and let all
+that know thy name praise thee with hymns.
+
+4:34. And they joined battle: and there fell of the army of Lysias five
+thousand men.
+
+4:35. And when Lysias saw that his men were put to flight, and how bold
+the Jews were, and that they were ready either to live, or to die
+manfully, he went to Antioch, and chose soldiers, that they might come
+again into Judea with greater numbers.
+
+4:36. Then Judas, and his brethren said: Behold our enemies are
+discomfited: let us go up now to cleanse the holy places, and to repair
+them.
+
+4:37. And all the army assembled together, and they went up into Mount
+Sion.
+
+4:38. And they saw the sanctuary desolate, and the altar profaned, and
+the gates burnt, and shrubs growing up in the courts as in a forest, or
+on the mountains, and the chambers joining to the temple thrown down.
+
+4:39. And they rent their garments, and made great lamentation, and put
+ashes on their heads:
+
+4:40. And they fell down to the ground on their faces, and they sounded
+with the trumpets of alarm, and they cried towards heaven.
+
+4:41. Then Judas appointed men to fight against them that were in the
+castle, till they had cleansed the holy places,
+
+4:42. And he chose priests without blemish, whose will was set upon the
+law of God.
+
+4:43. And they cleansed the holy places, and took away the stones that
+had been defiled into an unclean place.
+
+4:44. And he considered about the altar of holocausts that had been
+profaned, what he should do with it.
+
+4:45. And a good counsel came into their minds, to pull it down: lest it
+should be a reproach to them, because the Gentiles had defiled it; so
+they threw it down.
+
+4:46. And they laid up the stones in the mountain of the temple, in a
+convenient place, till there should come a prophet, and give answer
+concerning them.
+
+4:47. Then they took whole stones, according to the law and built a new
+altar, according to the former:
+
+4:48. And they built up the holy places, and the things that were within
+the temple: and they sanctified the temple and the courts.
+
+4:49. And they made new holy vessels, and brought in the candlestick,
+and the altar of incense, and the table, into the temple.
+
+4:50. And they put incense upon the altar, and lighted up the lamps that
+were upon the candlestick, and they gave light in the temple.
+
+4:51. And they set the loaves upon the table, and hung up the veils, and
+finished all the works that they had begun to make.
+
+4:52. And they arose before the morning on the five and twentieth day of
+the ninth month, (which is the month of Casleu) in the hundred and
+forty-eighth year.
+
+4:53. And they offered sacrifice, according to the law, upon the new
+altar of holocausts which they had made.
+
+4:54. According to the time, and according to the day wherein the
+heathens had defiled it, in the same was it dedicated anew with
+canticles, and harps, and lutes, and cymbals.
+
+4:55. And all the people fell upon their faces, and adored, and blessed
+up to heaven, him that had prospered them.
+
+4:56. And they kept the dedication of the altar eight days, and they
+offered holocausts with joy, and sacrifices of salvation, and of praise.
+
+4:57. And they adorned the front of the temple with crowns of gold, and
+escutcheons, and they renewed the gates, and the chambers, and hanged
+doors upon them.
+
+4:58. And there was exceeding great joy among the people, and the
+reproach of the Gentiles was turned away.
+
+4:59. And Judas, and his brethren, and all the church of Israel decreed,
+that the day of the dedication of the altar should be kept in its season
+from year to year for eight days, from the five and twentieth day of the
+month of Casleu, with joy and gladness.
+
+4:60. They built up also at that time Mount Sion, with high walls, and
+strong towers round about, lest the Gentiles should at any time come,
+and tread it down, as they did before.
+
+4:61. And he placed a garrison there, to keep it, and he fortified it,
+to secure Bethsura, that the people might have a defence against Idumea.
+
+1 Machabees Chapter 5
+
+Judas and his brethren attack the enemies of their country, and deliver
+them that were distressed. Josephus and Azarius, attempting contrary to
+order to fight against their enemies, are defeated.
+
+5:1. Now it came to pass, when the nations round about heard that the
+altar and the sanctuary were built up, as before, that they were
+exceeding angry.
+
+5:2. And they thought to destroy the generation of Jacob that were among
+them, and they began to kill some of the people, and to persecute them.
+
+5:3. Then Judas fought against the children of Esau in Idumea, and them
+that were in Acrabathane: because they beset the Israelites round about,
+and he made a great slaughter of them.
+
+5:4. And he remembered the malice of the children of Bean: who were a
+snare and a stumblingblock to the people, by lying in wait for them in
+the way.
+
+5:5. And they were shut up by him in towers, and he set upon them, and
+devoted them to utter destruction, and burnt their towers with fire, and
+all that were in them.
+
+5:6. Then he passed over to the children of Ammon, where he found a
+mighty power, and much people, and Timotheus was their captain:
+
+5:7. And he fought many battles with them, and they were discomfited in
+their sight, and he smote them:
+
+5:8. And he took the city of Gazer and her towns, and returned into
+Judea.
+
+5:9. And the Gentiles that were in Galaad, assembled themselves together
+against the Israelites that were in their quarters, to destroy them: and
+they fled into the fortress of Datheman.
+
+5:10. And they sent letters to Judas, and his brethren, saying: The
+heathens that are round about are gathered together against us to
+destroy us:
+
+5:11. And they are preparing to come, and to take the fortress into
+which we are fled: and Timotheus is the captain of their host.
+
+5:12. Now therefore come, and deliver us out of their hands, for many of
+us are slain.
+
+5:13. And all our brethren that were in the places of Tubin, are killed:
+and they have carried away their wives, and their children, captives,
+and taken their spoils, and they have slain there almost a thousand men.
+
+5:14. And while they were yet reading these letters, behold there came
+other messengers out of Galilee with their garments rent, who related
+according to these words:
+
+5:15. Saying, that they of Ptolemais, and of Tyre, and of Sidon, were
+assembled against them, and all Galilee is filled with strangers, in
+order to consume us.
+
+5:16. Now when Judas and the people heard these words, a great assembly
+met together to consider what they should do for their brethren that
+were in trouble, and were assaulted by them.
+
+5:17. And Judas said to Simon, his brother: Choose thee men, and go, and
+deliver thy brethren in Galilee: and I, and my brother Jonathan, will go
+into the country of Galaad:
+
+5:18. And he left Joseph, the son of Zacharias, and Azarias, captains of
+the people, with the remnant of the army in Judea, to keep it:
+
+5:19. And he commanded them, saying: Take ye the charge of this people;
+but make no war against the heathens, till we return.
+
+5:20. Now three thousand men were allotted to Simon, to go into Galilee:
+and eight thousand to Judas, to go into the land of Galaad.
+
+5:21. And Simon went into Galilee, and fought many battles with the
+heathens: and the heathens were discomfited before his face, and he
+pursued them even to the gate of Ptolemais.
+
+5:22. And there fell of the heathens almost three thousand men, and he
+took the spoils of them.
+
+5:23. And he took with him those that were in Galilee and in Arbatis,
+with their wives, and children, and all that they had, and he brought
+them into Judea with great joy.
+
+5:24. And Judas Machabeus, and Jonathan, his brother, passed over the
+Jordan, and went three days' journey through the desert.
+
+5:25. And the Nabutheans met them, and received them in a peaceable
+manner, and told them all that happened to their brethren in the land of
+Galaad,
+
+5:26. And that many of them were shut up in Barasa, and in Bosor, and in
+Alima, and in Casphor, and in Mageth, and in Carnaim; all these strong
+and great cities.
+
+5:27. Yea, and that they were kept shut up in the rest of the cities of
+Galaad, and that they had appointed to bring their army on the morrow
+near to these cities, and to take them, and to destroy them all in one
+day.
+
+5:28. Then Judas and his army suddenly turned their march into the
+desert, to Bosor, and took the city: and he slew every male by the edge
+of the sword, and took all their spoils, and burnt it with fire.
+
+5:29. And they removed from thence by night, and went till they came to
+the fortress.
+
+5:30. And it came to pass that early in the morning, when they lifted up
+their eyes, behold there were people without number, carrying ladders
+and engines to take the fortress, and assault them.
+
+5:31. And Judas saw that the fight was begun, and the cry of the battle
+went up to heaven like a trumpet, and a great cry out of the city:
+
+5:32. And he said to his host: Fight ye today for your brethren.
+
+5:33. And he came with three companies behind them, and they sounded
+their trumpets, and cried out in prayer.
+
+5:34. And the host of Timotheus understood that it was Machabeus, and
+they fled away before his face and they made a great slaughter of them,
+and there fell of them in that day almost eight thousand men.
+
+5:35. And Judas turned aside to Maspha, and assaulted, and took it, and
+he slew every male thereof, and took the spoils thereof, and burnt it
+with fire.
+
+5:36. From thence he marched, and took Casbon, and Mageth, and Bosor,
+and the rest of the cities of Galaad.
+
+5:37. But after this Timotheus gathered another army, and camped over
+against Raphon, beyond the torrent.
+
+5:38. And Judas sent men to view the army: and they brought him word,
+saying: All the nations, that are round about us, are assembled unto him
+an army exceeding great:
+
+5:39. And they have hired the Arabians to help them, and they have
+pitched their tents beyond the torrent, ready to come to fight against
+thee. And Judas went to meet them.
+
+5:40. And Timotheus said to the captains of his army: When Judas and his
+army come near the torrent of water, if he pass over unto us first, we
+shall not be able to withstand him: for he will certainly prevail over
+us.
+
+5:41. But if he be afraid to pass over, and camp on the other side of
+the river, we will pass over to them, and shall prevail against him.
+
+5:42. Now when Judas came near the torrent of water, he set the scribes
+of the people by the torrent, and commanded them, saying: Suffer no man
+to stay behind: but let all come to the battle.
+
+5:43. And he passed over to them first, and all the people after him,
+and all the heathens were discomfited before them, and they threw away
+their weapons, and fled to the temple that was in Carnaim.
+
+5:44. And he took that city, and the temple he burnt with fire, with all
+things that were therein: and Carnaim was subdued, and could not stand
+against the face of Judas.
+
+5:45. And Judas gathered together all the Israelites that were in the
+land of Galaad, from the least even to the greatest, and their wives and
+children, and an army exceeding great, to come into the land of Juda.
+
+5:46. And they came as far as Ephron: now this was a great city, situate
+in the way, strongly fortified, and there was no means to turn from it
+on the right hand or on the left, but the way was through the midst of
+it.
+
+5:47. And they that were in the city shut themselves in, and stopped up
+the gates with stones: and Judas sent to them with peaceable words,
+
+5:48. Saying: Let us pass through your land, to go into our own country,
+and no man shall hurt you; we will only pass through on foot. But they
+would not open to them.
+
+5:49. Then Judas commanded proclamation to be made in the camp, that
+they should make an assault, every man in the place where he was.
+
+5:50. And the men of the army drew near, and he assaulted that city all
+the day, and all the night; and the city was delivered into his hands:
+
+5:51. And they slew every male with the edge of the sword, and he razed
+the city, and took the spoils thereof, and passed through all the city
+over them that were slain.
+
+5:52. Then they passed over the Jordan to the great plain that is over
+against Bethsan.
+
+5:53. And Judas gathered together the hindmost, and he exhorted the
+people, all the way through, till they came into the land of Juda.
+
+5:54. And they went up to mount Sion with joy and gladness, and offered
+holocausts, because not one of them was slain, till they had returned in
+peace.
+
+5:55. Now in the days that Judas and Jonathan were in the land of
+Galaad, and Simon his brother in Galilee, before Ptolemais,
+
+5:56. Joseph, the son of Zacharias, and Azarias, captain of the
+soldiers, heard of the good success, and the battles that were fought,
+
+5:57. And he said: Let us also get us a name, and let us go fight
+against the Gentiles that are round about us.
+
+5:58. And he gave charge to them that were in his army, and they went
+towards Jamnia.
+
+5:59. And Gorgias and his men went out of the city, to give them battle.
+
+5:60. And Joseph and Azarias were put to flight, and were pursued unto
+the borders of Judea: and there fell on that day, of the people of
+Israel, about two thousand men, and there was a great overthrow of the
+people:
+
+5:61. Because they did not hearken to Judas and his brethren, thinking
+that they should do manfully.
+
+5:62. But they were not of the seed of those men by whom salvation was
+brought to Israel.
+
+5:63. And the men of Juda were magnified exceedingly in the sight of all
+Israel, and of all the nations where their name was heard.
+
+5:64. And the people assembled to them with joyful acclamations.
+
+5:65. Then Judas and his brethren went forth and attacked the children
+of Esau, in the land towards the south, and he took Chebron and her
+towns: and he burnt the walls thereof, and the towers all round it.
+
+5:66. And he removed his camp to go into the land of the aliens, and he
+went through Samaria.
+
+5:67. In that day some priests fell in battle, while desiring to do
+manfully they went out unadvisedly to fight.
+
+5:68. And Judas turned to Azotus, into the land of the strangers, and he
+threw down their altars, and he burnt the statues of their gods with
+fire: and he took the spoils of the cities, and returned into the land
+of Juda.
+
+1 Machabees Chapter 6
+
+The fruitless repentance and death of Antiochus. His son comes against
+Judas with a formidable army. He besieges Sion: but at last makes peace
+with the Jews.
+
+6:1. Now king Antiochus was going through the higher countries, and he
+heard that the city of Elymais in Persia, was greatly renowned, and
+abounding in silver and gold,
+
+6:2. And that there was in it a temple exceeding rich; and coverings of
+gold, and breastplates, and shields, which king Alexander, son of
+Philip, the Macedonian, that reigned first in Greece, had left there.
+
+6:3. So he came, and sought to take the city and to pillage it; but he
+was not able, because the design was known to them that were in the
+city.
+
+6:4. And they rose up against him in battle, and he fled away from
+thence, and departed with great sadness, and returned towards Babylonia.
+
+6:5. And whilst he was in Persia there came one that told him how the
+armies that were in the land of Juda were put to flight:
+
+6:6. And that Lysias went with a very great power, and was put to flight
+before the face of the Jews, and that they were grown strong by the
+armour, and power, and store of spoils which they had gotten out of the
+camps which they had destroyed:
+
+6:7. And that they had thrown down the abomination which he had set up
+upon the altar in Jerusalem, and that they had compassed about the
+sanctuary with high walls as before, and Bethsura also, his city.
+
+6:8. And it came to pass, when the king heard these words, that he was
+struck with fear, and exceedingly moved: and he laid himself down upon
+his bed, and fell sick for grief, because it had not fallen out to him
+as he imagined.
+
+6:9. And he remained there many days: for great grief came more and more
+upon him, and he made account that he should die.
+
+6:10. And he called for all his friends, and said to them: Sleep is gone
+from my eyes, and I am fallen away, and my heart is cast down for
+anxiety:
+
+6:11. And I said in my heart: Into how much tribulation am I come, and
+into what floods of sorrow wherein now I am: I that was pleasant and
+beloved in my power!
+
+6:12. But now I remember the evils that I did in Jerusalem, from whence
+also I took away all the spoils of gold, and of silver, that were in it,
+and I sent to destroy the inhabitants of Juda without cause.
+
+6:13. I know, therefore, that for this cause these evils have found me:
+and behold I perish with great grief in a strange land.
+
+6:14. Then he called Philip, one of his friends, and he made him regent
+over all his kingdom.
+
+6:15. And he gave him the crown, and his robe, and his ring, that he
+should go to Antiochus, his son, and should bring him up for the
+kingdom.
+
+6:16. So king Antiochus died there in the year one hundred and forty-
+nine.
+
+6:17. And Lysias understood that the king was dead, and he set up
+Antiochus, his son, to reign, whom he had brought up young: and he
+called his name Eupator.
+
+6:18. Now they that were in the castle, had shut up the Israelites round
+about the holy places: and they were continually seeking their hurt, and
+to strengthen the Gentiles.
+
+6:19. And Judas purposed to destroy them: and he called together all the
+people, to besiege them.
+
+6:20. And they came together, and besieged them in the year one hundred
+and fifty, and they made battering slings and engines.
+
+6:21. And some of the besieged got out: and some wicked men of Israel
+joined themselves unto them.
+
+6:22. And they went to the king, and said: How long dost thou delay to
+execute judgment, and to revenge our brethren?
+
+6:23. We determined to serve thy father, and to do according to his
+orders, and obey his edicts:
+
+6:24. And for this they of our nation are alienated from us, and have
+slain as many of us as they could find, and have spoiled our
+inheritances.
+
+6:25. Neither have they put forth their hand against us only, but also
+against all our borders.
+
+6:26. And behold they have approached this day to the castle of
+Jerusalem to take it, and they have fortified the strong hold of
+Bethsura:
+
+6:27. And unless thou speedily prevent them, they will do greater things
+than these, and thou shalt not be able to subdue them.
+
+6:28. Now when the king heard this, he was angry: and he called together
+all his friends, and the captains of his army, and them that were over
+the horsemen.
+
+6:29. There came also to him from other realms, and from the islands of
+the sea, hired troops.
+
+6:30. And the number of his army was an hundred thousand footmen, and
+twenty thousand horsemen, and thirty-two elephants trained to battle.
+
+6:31. And they went through Idumea, and approached to Bethsura, and
+fought many days, and they made engines: but they sallied forth, and
+burnt them with fire, and fought manfully.
+
+But they sallied forth... That is, the citizens of Bethsura sallied
+forth and burnt them, that is, burnt the engines of the besiegers.
+
+6:32. And Judas departed from the castle, and removed the camp to
+Bethzacharam, over against the king's camp.
+
+6:33. And the king rose before it was light, and made his troops march
+on fiercely towards the way of Bethzacharam: and the armies made
+themselves ready for the battle, and they sounded the trumpets:
+
+6:34. And they shewed the elephants the blood of grapes, and mulberries,
+to provoke them to fight.
+
+6:35. And they distributed the beasts by the legions: and there stood by
+every elephant a thousand men in coats of mail, and with helmets of
+brass on their heads: and five hundred horsemen set in order were chosen
+for every beast.
+
+6:36. These before the time wheresoever the beast was they were there:
+and whithersoever it went, they went, and they departed not from it.
+
+These before the time... That is, these were ready for every occasion.
+
+6:37. And upon the beast, there were strong wooden towers which covered
+every one of them: and engines upon them, and upon every one thirty-two
+valiant men, who fought from above: and an Indian to rule the beast.
+
+6:38. And the rest of the horsemen he placed on this side and on that
+side, at the two wings, with trumpets to stir up the army, and to hasten
+them forward that stood thick together in the legions thereof.
+
+6:39. Now when the sun shone upon the shields of gold, and of brass, the
+mountains glittered therewith, and they shone like lamps of fire.
+
+6:40. And part of the king's army was distinguished by the high
+mountains, and the other part by the low places: and they marched on
+warily and orderly.
+
+6:41. And all the inhabitants of the land were moved at the noise of
+their multitude, and the marching of the company, and the rattling of
+the armour, for the army was exceeding great and strong.
+
+6:42. And Judas and his army drew near for battle: and there fell of the
+king's army six hundred men.
+
+6:43. And Eleazar, the son of Saura, saw one of the beasts harnessed
+with the king's harness: and it was higher than the other beasts; and it
+seemed to him that the king was on it:
+
+6:44. And he exposed himself to deliver his people, and to get himself
+an everlasting name.
+
+6:45. And he ran up to it boldly in the midst of the legion, killing on
+the right hand, and on the left, and they fell by him on this side and
+that side.
+
+6:46. And he went between the feet of the elephant, and put himself
+under it: and slew it, and it fell to the ground upon him, and he died
+there.
+
+6:47. Then they seeing the strength of the king and the fierceness of
+his army, turned away from them.
+
+6:48. But the king's army went up against them to Jerusalem: and the
+king's army pitched their tents against Judea and Mount Sion.
+
+6:49. And he made peace with them that were in Bethsura: and they came
+forth out of the city, because they had no victuals, being shut up
+there, for it was the year of rest to the land.
+
+6:50. And the king took Bethsura: and he placed there a garrison to keep
+it.
+
+6:51. And he turned his army against the sanctuary for many days: and he
+set up there battering slings, and engines, and instruments to cast
+fire, and engines to cast stones and javelins, and pieces to shoot
+arrows, and slings.
+
+6:52. And they also made engines against their engines, and they fought
+for many days.
+
+6:53. But there were no victuals in the city, because it was the seventh
+year: and such as had stayed in Judea of them that came from among the
+nations, had eaten the residue of all that which had been stored up.
+
+6:54. And there remained in the holy places but a few, for the famine
+had prevailed over them: and they were dispersed every man to his own
+place.
+
+6:55. Now Lysias heard that Philip; whom king Antiochus while he lived
+had appointed to bring up his son, Antiochus, and to reign,
+
+6:56. Was returned from Persia, and Media, with the army that went with
+him and that he sought to take upon him the affairs of the kingdom:
+
+6:57. Wherefore he made haste to go, and say to the king and to the
+captains of the army: We decay daily, and our provision of victuals is
+small, and the place that we lay siege to is strong, and it lieth upon
+us to take order for the affairs of the kingdom.
+
+6:58. Now, therefore, let us come to an agreement with these men, and
+make peace with them and with all their nation.
+
+6:59. And let us covenant with them, that they may live according to
+their own laws, as before. For because of our despising their laws, they
+have been provoked, and have done all these things.
+
+6:60. And the proposal was acceptable in the sight of the king, and of
+the princes: and he sent to them to make peace: and they accepted of it.
+
+6:61. And the king and the princes swore to them: and they came out of
+the strong hold.
+
+6:62. Then the king entered into Mount Sion, and saw the strength of the
+place: and he quickly broke the oath that he had taken, and gave
+commandment to throw down the wall round about.
+
+6:63. And he departed in haste and returned to Antioch, where he found
+Philip master of the city: and he fought against him, and took the city.
+
+1 Machabees Chapter 7
+
+Demetrius is made king, and sends Bacchides and Alcimus the priest into
+Judea, and after them Nicanor, who is slain by Judas with all his army.
+
+7:1. In the hundred and fifty-first year, Demetrius, the son of
+Seleucus, departed from the city of Rome, and came up with few men into
+a city of the sea coast, and reigned there.
+
+7:2. And it came to pass as he entered into the house of the kingdom of
+his fathers, that the army seized upon Antiochus, and Lysias, to bring
+them unto him.
+
+7:3. And when he knew it, he said: Let me not see their face.
+
+7:4. So the army slew them. And Demetrius sat upon the throne of his
+kingdom:
+
+7:5. And there came to him the wicked and ungodly men of Israel: and
+Alcimus was at the head of them, who desired to be made high priest.
+
+7:6. And they accused the people to the king, saying: Judas and his
+brethren have destroyed all thy friends, and he hath driven us out of
+our land.
+
+7:7. Now, therefore, send some men whom thou trustest, and let him go,
+and see all the havoc he hath made amongst us, and in the king's lands:
+and let him punish all his friends and their helpers.
+
+7:8. Then the king chose Bacchides, one of his friends, that ruled
+beyond the great river in the kingdom, and was faithful to the king: and
+he sent him,
+
+7:9. To see the havoc that Judas had made: and the wicked Alcimus he
+made high priest, and commanded him to take revenge upon the children of
+Israel.
+
+7:10. And they arose, and came with a great army into the land of Juda:
+and they sent messengers, and spoke to Judas and his brethren with
+peaceable words, deceitfully.
+
+7:11. But they gave no heed to their words: for they saw that they were
+come with a great army.
+
+7:12. Then there assembled to Alcimus and Bacchides a company of the
+scribes, to require things that are just:
+
+7:13. And first the Assideans, that were among the children of Israel,
+and they sought peace of them.
+
+7:14. For they said: One that is a priest of the seed of Aaron is come,
+he will not deceive us.
+
+7:15. And he spoke to them peaceably: and he swore to them, saying: We
+will do you no harm, nor your friends.
+
+7:16. And they believed him. And he took threescore of them, and slew
+them in one day, according to the word that is written: 7:17. The flesh
+of thy saints, and the blood of them they have shed round about
+Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them.
+
+7:18. Then fear and trembling fell upon all the people: for they said:
+There is no truth, nor justice among them: for they have broken the
+covenant, and the oath which they made.
+
+7:19. And Bacchides removed the camp from Jerusalem, and pitched in
+Bethzecha: and he sent, and took many of them that were fled away from
+him, and some of the people he killed, and threw them into a great pit.
+
+7:20. Then he committed the country to Alcimus, and left with him troops
+to help him. So Bacchides went away to the king.  7:21. But Alcimus did
+what he could to maintain his chief priesthood.
+
+7:22. And they that disturbed the people resorted to him, and they got
+the land of Juda into their power, and did much hurt in Israel.
+
+7:23. And Judas saw all the evils that Alcimus, and they that were with
+him, did to the children of Israel, much more than the Gentiles.
+
+7:24. And he went out into all the coasts of Judea round about, and took
+vengeance upon the men that had revolted, and they ceased to go forth
+any more into the country.
+
+7:25. And Alcimus saw that Judas and they that were with him, prevailed:
+and he knew that he could not stand against them, and he went back to
+the king, and accused them of many crimes.
+
+7:26. And the king sent Nicanor, one of his principal lords, who was a
+great enemy to Israel: and he commanded him to destroy the people.
+
+7:27. And Nicanor came to Jerusalem with a great army, and he sent to
+Judas and to his brethren deceitfully, with friendly words,
+
+7:28. Saying: Let there be no fighting between me and you: I will come
+with a few men, to see your faces with peace.
+
+7:29. And he came to Judas, and they saluted one another peaceably: and
+the enemies were prepared to take away Judas by force.
+
+7:30. And the thing was known to Judas that he was come to him with
+deceit: and he was much afraid of him, and would not see his face any
+more.
+
+7:31. And Nicanor knew that his counsel was discovered: and he went out
+to fight against Judas, near Capharsalama.
+
+7:32. And there fell of Nicanor's army almost five thousand men, and
+they fled into the city of David.
+
+7:33. And after this Nicanor went up into mount Sion: and some of the
+priests and the people came out to salute him peaceably, and to shew him
+the holocausts that were offered for the king.
+
+7:34. But he mocked and despised them, and abused them: and he spoke
+proudly,
+
+7:35. And swore in anger, saying: Unless Judas and his army be delivered
+into my hands, as soon as ever I return in peace, I will burn this
+house. And he went out in a great rage.
+
+7:36. And the priests went in, and stood before the face of the altar
+and the temple: and weeping, they said:
+
+7:37. Thou, O Lord, hast chosen this house for thy name to be called
+upon therein, that it might be a house of prayer and supplication for
+thy people.
+
+7:38. Be avenged of this man, and his army, and let them fall by the
+sword: remember their blasphemies, and suffer them not to continne any
+longer.
+
+7:39. Then Nicanor went out from Jerusalem, and encamped near to
+Bethoron: and an army of Syria joined him.
+
+7:40. But Judas pitched in Adarsa with three thousand men: and Judas
+prayed, and said:
+
+7:41. O Lord, when they that were sent by king Sennacherib blasphemed
+thee, an angel went out, and slew of them a hundred and eighty-five
+thousand:
+
+7:42. Even so destroy this army in our sight today and let the rest know
+that he hath spoken ill against thy sanctuary: and judge thou him
+according to his wickedness.
+
+7:43. And the armies joined battle on the thirteenth day of the month,
+Adar: and the army of Nicanor was defeated, and he himself was first
+slain in the battle.
+
+7:44. And when his army saw that Nicanor was slain they threw away their
+weapons, and fled:
+
+7:45. And they pursued after them one day's journey from Adazer, even
+till ye come to Gazara, and they sounded the trumpets after them with
+signals.
+
+7:46. And they went forth out of all the towns of Judea round about, and
+they pushed them with the horns, and they turned again to them, and they
+were all slain with the sword, and there was not left of them so much as
+one.
+
+7:47. And they took the spoils of them for a booty, and they cut off
+Nicanor's head, and his right hand, which he had proudly stretched out,
+and they brought it, and hung it up over against Jerusalem.
+
+7:48. And the people rejoiced exceedingly, and they spent that day with
+great joy.
+
+7:49. And he ordained that this day should be kept every year, being the
+thirteenth of the month of Adar.
+
+7:50. And the land of Juda was quiet for a short time.
+
+1 Machabees Chapter 8
+
+Judas hears of the great character of the Romans: he makes a league with
+them.
+
+8:1. Now Judas heard of the fame of the Romans, that they are powerful
+and strong, and willingly agree to all things that are requested of
+them: and that whosoever have come to them, they have made amity with
+them, and that they are mighty in power.
+
+8:2. And they heard of their battles, and their noble acts which they
+had done in Galatia, how they had conquered them, and brought them under
+tribute:
+
+They heard, etc... What is here set down of the history and character of
+the ancient Romans, is not an assertion, or affirmation of the sacred
+writer: but only a relation of what Judas had heard of them.
+
+8:3. And how great things they had done in the land of Spain, and that
+they had brought under their power the mines of silver and of gold that
+are there, and had gotten possession of all the place by their counsel
+and patience:
+
+8:4. And had conquered places that were very far off from them, and
+kings that came against them from the ends of the earth, and had
+overthrown them with great slaughter: and the rest pay them tribute
+every year.
+
+8:5. And that they had defeated in battle Philip and Perses the king of
+the Ceteans, and the rest that had borne arms against them, and had
+conquered them:
+
+Ceteans... That is, the Macedonians.
+
+8:6. And how Antiochus, the great king of Asia, who went to fight
+against them, having a hundred and twenty elephants, with horsemen, and
+chariots, and a very great army, was routed by them.
+
+8:7. And how they took him alive, and appointed to him, that both he and
+they that should reign after him, should pay a great tribute, and that
+he should give hostages, and that which was agreed upon,
+
+8:8. And the country of the Indians, and of the Medes, and of the
+Lydians, some of their best provinces: and those which they had taken
+from them, they gave to king Eumenes.
+
+Eumenes... King of Pergamus.
+
+8:9. And that they who were in Greece, had a mind to go and to destroy
+them: and they had knowledge thereof,
+
+8:10. And they sent a general against them, and fought with them, and
+many of them were slain, and they carried away their wives, and their
+children captives, and spoiled them, and took possession of their land,
+and threw down their walls, and brought them to be their servants unto
+this day.
+
+8:11. And the other kingdoms, and islands, that at any time had resisted
+them, they had destroyed and brought under their power.
+
+8:12. But with their friends, and such as relied upon them, they kept
+amity, and had conquered kingdoms that were near, and that were far off:
+for all that heard their name, were afraid of them.
+
+8:13. That whom they had a mind to help to a kingdom, those reigned: and
+whom they would, they deposed from the kingdom: and they were greatly
+exalted.
+
+8:14. And none of all these wore a crown, or was clothed in purple, to
+be magnified thereby.
+
+8:15. And that they had made themselves a senate house, and consulted
+daily three hundred and twenty men, that sat in counsel always for the
+people, that they might do the things that were right:
+
+8:16. And that they committed their government to one man every year, to
+rule over all their country, and they all obey one, and there is no envy
+nor jealousy amongst them.
+
+To one man... There were two consuls: but one only ruled at one time,
+each in his day.-Ibid. No envy, etc... So Judas had heard: and it was so
+far true, with regard to the ancient Romans, that as yet no envy or
+jealousy had divided them into such open factions and civil wars, as
+they afterwards experienced in the time of Marius and Sylla, etc.
+
+8:17. So Judas chose Eupolemus, the son of John, the son of Jacob, and
+Jason, the son of Eleazar, and he sent them to Rome to make a league of
+amity and confederacy with them:
+
+8:18. And that they might take off from them the yoke of the Grecians,
+for they saw that they oppressed the kingdom of Israel with servitude.
+
+8:19. And they went to Rome, a very long journey, and they entered into
+the senate house, and said:
+
+8:20. Judas Machabeus, and his brethren, and the people of the Jews,
+have sent us to you to make alliance and peace with you, and that we may
+be registered your confederates and friends.
+
+8:21. And the proposal was pleasing in their sight.
+
+8:22. And this is the copy of the writing that they wrote back again,
+graven in tables of brass, and sent to Jerusalem, that it might be with
+them there for a memorial of the peace, and alliance.  8:23. GOOD
+SUCCESS BE TO THE ROMANS, and to the people of the Jews by sea, and by
+land, for ever: and far be the sword and enemy from them.
+
+8:24. But if there come first any war upon the Romans, or any of their
+confederates, in all their dominions:
+
+8:25. The nation of the Jews shall help them according as the time shall
+direct, with all their heart:
+
+8:26. Neither shall they give them, whilst they are fighting, or furnish
+them with wheat, or arms, or money, or ships, as it hath seemed good to
+the Romans: and they shall obey their orders, without taking any thing
+of them.
+
+8:27. In like manner also if war shall come first upon the nation of the
+Jews, the Romans shall help them with all their heart, according as the
+time shall permit them:
+
+8:28. And there shall not be given to them that come to their aid,
+either wheat, or arms, or money, or ships, as it hath seemed good to the
+Romans: and they shall observe their orders without deceit.
+
+8:29. According to these articles did the Romans covenant with the
+people of the Jews.
+
+8:30. And, if after this, one party or the other shall have a mind to
+add to these articles, or take away any thing, they may do it at their
+pleasure: and whatsoever they shall add, or take away, shall be
+ratified.
+
+8:31. Moreover, concerning the evils that Demetrius, the king, hath done
+against them, we have written to him, saying: Why hast thou made thy
+yoke heavy upon our friends and allies, the Jews.
+
+8:32. If, therefore, they come again to us complaining of thee, we will
+do them justice, and will make war against thee by sea and land.
+
+1 Machabees Chapter 9
+
+Bacchides is sent again into Judea: Judas fights against him with eight
+hundred men and is slain. Jonathan succeeds him and revenges the murder
+of his brother John. He fights against Bacchides. Alcimus dies
+miserably. Bacchides besieges Bethbessen. He is forced to raise the
+siege and leave the country.
+
+9:1. In the mean time, when Demetrius heard that Nicanor and his army
+were fallen in battle, he sent again Bacchides and Alcimus into Judea;
+and the right wing of his army with them.
+
+9:2. And they took the road that leadeth to Galgal, and they camped in
+Masaloth, which is in Arabella: and they made themselves masters of it,
+and slew many people.
+
+9:3. In the first month of the hundred and fifty-second year they
+brought the army to Jerusalem:
+
+9:4. And they arose and went to Berea, with twenty thousand men, and two
+thousand horsemen.
+
+9:5. Now Judas had pitched his tents in Laisa, and three thousand chosen
+men with him:
+
+9:6. And they saw the multitude of the army that they were many, and
+they were seized with great fear: and many withdrew themselves out of
+the camp, and there remained of them no more than eight hundred men.
+
+9:7. And Judas saw that his army slipped away, and the battle pressed
+upon him, and his heart was cast down: because he had not time to gather
+them together, and he was discouraged.
+
+9:8. Then he said to them that remained: Let us arise, and go against
+our enemies, if we may be able to fight against them.
+
+9:9. But they dissuaded him, saying: We shall not be able, but let us
+save our lives now, and return to our brethren, and then we will fight
+against them: for we are but few.
+
+9:10. Then Judas said: God forbid we should do this thing, and flee away
+from them: but if our time be come, let us die manfully for our
+brethren, and let us not stain our glory.
+
+9:11. And the army removed out of the camp, and they stood over against
+them: and the horsemen were divided into two troops, and the slingers,
+and the archers, went before the army, and they that were in the front
+were all men of valour.
+
+9:12. And Bacchides was in the right wing, and the legion drew near on
+two sides, and they sounded the trumpets:
+
+9:13. And they also that were on Judas's side, even they also cried out,
+and the earth shook at the noise of the armies: and the battle was
+fought from morning even unto the evening.
+
+9:14. And Judas perceived that the stronger part of the army of
+Bacchides was on the right side, and all the stout of heart came
+together with him:
+
+9:15. And the right wing was discomfited by them, and he pursued them
+even to the mount Azotus.
+
+9:16. And they that were in the left wing saw that the right wing was
+discomfited, and they followed after Judas, and them that were with him,
+at their back:
+
+9:17. And the battle was hard fought, and there fell many wounded of the
+one side and of the other.
+
+9:18. And Judas was slain, and the rest fled away.
+
+9:19. And Jonathan and Simon took Judas, their brother, and buried him
+in the sepulchre of their fathers, in the city of Modin.
+
+9:20. And all the people of Israel bewailed him with great lamentation,
+and they mourned for him many days.
+
+9:21. And said: How is the mighty man fallen, that saved the people of
+Israel!
+
+9:22. But the rest of the words of the wars of Judas, and of the noble
+acts that he did, and of his greatness, are not written: for they were
+very many.
+
+9:23. And it came to pass, after the death of Judas, that the wicked
+began to put forth their heads in all the confines of Israel, and all
+the workers of iniquity rose up.
+
+9:24. In those days there was a very great famine, and they and all
+their country yielded to Bacchides.
+
+9:25. And Bacchides chose the wicked men, and made them lords of the
+country:
+
+9:26. And they sought out, and made diligent search after the friends of
+Judas, and brought them to Bacchides, and he took vengeance of them, and
+abused them.
+
+9:27. And there was a great tribulation in Israel, such as was not since
+the day, that there was no prophet seen in Israel.
+
+9:28. And all the friends of Judas came together, and said to Jonathan:
+
+9:29. Since thy brother Judas died there is not a man like him to go
+forth against our enemies, Bacchides, and them that are the enemies of
+our nation.
+
+9:30. Now, therefore, we have chosen thee this day to be our prince, and
+captain, in his stead, to fight our battles.
+
+9:31. So Jonathan took upon him the government at that time, and rose up
+in the place of Judas, his brother,
+
+9:32. And Bacchides had knowledge of it, and sought to kill him.
+
+9:33. And Jonathan, and Simon, his brother, knew it, and all that were
+with them: and they fled into the desert of Thecua, and they pitched by
+the water of the lake Asphar,
+
+9:34. And Bacchides understood it, and he came himself, with all his
+army, over the Jordan, on the sabbath day.
+
+9:35. And Jonathan sent his brother, a captain of the people, to desire
+the Nabutheans his friends, that they would lend them their equipage,
+which was copious.
+
+9:36. And the children of Jambri came forth out of Madaba, and took
+John, and all that he had, and went away with them.
+
+9:37. After this it was told Jonathan, and Simon, his brother, that the
+children of Jambri made a great marriage, and were bringing the bride
+out of Madaba, the daughter of one of the great princes of Chanaan, with
+great pomp.
+
+9:38. And they remembered the blood of John, their brother: and they
+went up, and hid themselves under the covert of the mountain.
+
+9:39. And they lifted up their eyes, and saw: and behold a tumult, and
+great preparation: and the bridegroom came forth, and his friends, and
+his brethren to meet them with timbrels, and musical instruments and
+many weapons.
+
+9:40. And they rose up against them from the place where they lay in
+ambush, and slew them, and there fell many wounded, and the rest fled
+into the mountains, and they took all their spoils:
+
+9:41. And the marriage was turned into mourning, and the noise of their
+musical instruments into lamentation.
+
+9:42. And they took revenge for the blood of their brother: and they
+returned to the bank of the Jordan.
+
+9:43. And Bacchides heard it, and he came on the sabbath day even to the
+bank of the Jordan, with a great power.
+
+9:44. And Jonathan said to his company: Let us arise, and fight against
+our enemies: for it is not now as yesterday, and the day before.
+
+9:45. For behold the battle is before us, and the water of the Jordan on
+this side and on that side, and banks, and marshes, and woods: and there
+is no place for us to turn aside.
+
+9:46. Now, therefore, cry ye to heaven, that ye may be delivered from
+the hand of your enemies. And they joined battle.
+
+9:47. And Jonathan stretched forth his hand to strike Bacchides, but he
+turned away from him backwards.
+
+9:48. And Jonathan, and they that were with him, leapt into the Jordan,
+and swam over the Jordan to them.
+
+9:49. And there fell of Bacchides' side that day a thousand men: and
+they returned to Jerusalem,
+
+9:50. And they built strong cities in Judea, the fortress that was in
+Jericho, and in Ammaus, and in Bethoron, and in Bethel, and Thamnata,
+and Phara, and Thopo, with high walls, and gates, and bars.
+
+9:51. And he placed garrisons in them, that they might wage war against
+Israel:
+
+9:52. And he fortified the city of Bethsura, and Gazara, and the castle,
+and set garrisons in them, and provisions of victuals:
+
+9:53. And he took the sons of the chief men of the country for hostages,
+and put them in the castle in Jerusalem in custody.
+
+9:54. Now in the year one hundred and fifty-three, the second month,
+Alcimus commanded the walls of the inner court of the sanctuary to be
+thrown down, and the works of the prophets to be destroyed: and he began
+to destroy. 9:55. At that time Alcimus was struck: and his works were
+hindered, and his mouth was stopped, and he was taken with a palsy, so
+that he could no more speak a word, nor give order concerning his house.
+
+9:56. And Alcimus died at that time in great torment.
+
+9:57. And Bacchides saw that Alcimus was dead: and he returned to the
+king, and the land was quiet for two years.
+
+9:58. And all the wicked held a council, saying: Behold Jonathan, and
+they that are with him, dwell at ease and without fear: now, therefore,
+let us bring Bacchides hither, and he shall take them all in one night.
+
+9:59. So they went, and gave him counsel.
+
+9:60. And he arose to come with a great army: and he sent secretly
+letters to his adherents that were in Judea to seize upon Jonathan, and
+them that were with him: but they could not, for their design was known
+to them.
+
+9:61. And he apprehended of the men of the country, that were the
+principal authors of the mischief, fifty men, and he slew them.
+
+9:62. And Jonathan, and Simon, and they that were with him, retired into
+Bethbessen, which is in the desert: and he repaired the breaches
+thereof, and they fortified it.
+
+9:63. And when Bacchides knew it, he gathered together all his
+multitude: and sent word to them that were of Judea.
+
+9:64. And he came, and camped above Bethbessen, and fought against it
+many days, and made engines.
+
+9:65. But Jonathan left his brother, Simon, in the city and went forth
+into the country, and came with a number of men,
+
+9:66. And struck Odares, and his brethren, and the children of Phaseron,
+in their tents, and he began to slay, and to increase in forces.
+
+9:67. But Simon, and they that were with him, sallied out of the city,
+and burnt the engines,
+
+9:68. And they fought against Bacchides, and he was discomfited by them:
+and they afflicted him exceedingly, for his counsel, and his enterprise
+was in vain.
+
+9:69. 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.
+
+9:70. And Jonathan had knowledge of it, and he sent ambassadors to him
+to make peace with him, and to restore to him the prisoners.
+
+9:71. And he accepted it willingly, and did according to his words, and
+swore that he would do him no harm all the days of his life.
+
+9:72. 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.
+
+9:73. 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.
+
+1 Machabees Chapter 10
+
+Alexander Bales sets himself up for king: both he and Demetrius seek to
+make Jonathan their friend. Alexander kills Demetrius in battle, and
+honours Jonathan. His victory over Apollonius.
+
+10:1. 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.
+
+10:2. And king Demetrius heard of it, and gathered together an exceeding
+great army, and went forth against him to fight.
+
+10:3. And Demetrius sent a letter to Jonathan, with peaceable words, to
+magnify him.
+
+10:4. For he said: Let us first make a peace with him, before he make
+one with Alexander against us.
+
+10:5. For he will remember all the evils that we have done against him,
+and against his brother, and against his nation.
+
+10:6. And he gave him authority to gather together a 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.
+
+10:7. And Jonathan came to Jerusalem, and read the letters in the
+hearing of all the people, and of them that were in the castle.
+
+10:8. And they were struck with great fear, because they heard that the
+king had given him authority to gather together an army.
+
+10:9. And the hostages were delivered to Jonathan, and he restored them
+to their parents.
+
+10:10. And Jonathan dwelt in Jerusalem, and began to build, and to
+repair the city.
+
+10:11. And he ordered workmen to build the walls, and mount Sion round
+about with square stones for fortification: and so they did.
+
+10:12. Then the strangers that were in the strong holds, which Bacchides
+had built, fled away.
+
+10:13. And every man left his place, and departed into his own country:
+
+10:14. 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.
+
+10:15. 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.
+
+10:16. And he said: Shall we find such another man?  now, therefore, we
+will make him our friend and our confederate.
+
+10:17. So he wrote a letter, and sent it to him according to these
+words, saying:
+
+10:18. King Alexander to his brother, Jonathan, greetings.
+
+10:19. We have heard of thee, that thou art a man of great power, and
+fit to be our friend:
+
+10:20. 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.
+
+10:21. 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.
+
+10:22. And Demetrius heard these words, and was exceeding sorry, and
+said:
+
+10:23. What is this that we have done, that Alexander hath prevented us
+to gain the friendship of the Jews to strengthen himself?
+
+10:24. I also will write to them words of request, and offer dignities,
+and gifts: that they may be with me to aid me.
+
+10:25. And he wrote to them in these words: King Demetrius to the nation
+of the Jews, greeting.
+
+10:26. 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.
+
+10:27. 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.
+
+10:28. And we will remit to you many charges, and will give you gifts.
+
+10:29. 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:
+
+10:30. 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:
+
+10:31. And let Jerusalem be holy and free, with the borders thereof: and
+let the tenths, and tributes be for itself.
+
+10:32. 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.
+
+10:33. 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.
+
+10:34. 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:
+
+10:35. And no man shall have power to do any thing against them, or to
+molest any of them, in any cause.
+
+10:36. 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:
+
+10:37. 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.
+
+10:38. 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:
+
+10:39. 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.
+
+10:40. And I give every year fifteen thousand sickles of silver out of
+the king's accounts, of what belongs to me:
+
+10:41. 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.
+
+10:42. Moreover, the five thousand sickles of silver, which they
+received from the account of the holy places, every year, shall also
+belong to the priests that execute the ministry.
+
+10:43. 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.
+
+10:44. For the building also, or repairing the works of the holy places,
+the charges shall be given out of the king's revenues:
+
+10:45. 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.
+
+10:46. 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.
+
+10:47. And their inclinations were towards Alexander, because he had
+been the chief promoter of peace in their regard, and him they always
+helped.
+
+10:48. And king Alexander gathered together a great army, and moved his
+camp near to Demetrius.
+
+10:49. And the two kings joined battle, and the army of Demetrius fled
+away, and Alexander pursued after him, and pressed them close.
+
+10:50. And the battle was hard fought, till the sun went down: and
+Demetrius was slain that day.
+
+10:51. And Alexander sent ambassadors to Ptolemee king of Egypt, with
+words to this effect, saying:
+
+Ptolemee... Surnamed Philometer.
+
+10:52. 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,
+
+10:53. 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:
+
+10:54. 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.
+
+10:55. And king Ptolomee answered, saying: Happy is the day wherein thou
+didst return to the land of thy fathers, and sattest in the throne of
+their kingdom.
+
+10:56. 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.
+
+10:57. So Ptolemee went out of Egypt, with Cleopatra his daughter, and
+he came to Ptolemais, in the hundred and sixty-second year.
+
+10:58. 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.
+
+10:59. And king Alexander wrote to Jonathan, that he should come and
+meet him.
+
+10:60. 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.
+
+10:61. 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.
+
+10:62. And he commanded that Jonathan's garments should he taken off,
+and that he shonld be clothed with purple: and they did so. And the king
+made him sit by himself.
+
+10:63. 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.
+
+10:64. So when his accusers saw his glory proclaimed, and him clothed
+with purple, they all fled away.
+
+10:65. And the king magnified him, and enrolled him amongst his chief
+friends, and made him governor, and partaker of his dominion.
+
+10:66. And Jonathan returned into Jerusalem with peace and joy.
+
+10:67. In the year one hundred and sixty-five, Demetrius, the son of
+Demetrius, came from Crete into the land of his fathers.
+
+10:68. And king Alexander heard of it, and was much troubled, and
+returned to Antioch.
+
+10:69. 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,
+
+10:70. Saying: Thou alone standest against us, and I am laughed at and
+reproached, because thou shewest thy power against us in the mountuins.
+
+10:71. 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.
+
+10:72. 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:
+
+10:73. 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?
+
+10:74. 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.
+
+10:75. 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.
+
+10:76. And they that were in the city being affrighted, opened the gates
+to him: so Jonathan took Joppe.
+
+10:77. And Apollonius heard of it, and he took three thousand horsemen,
+and a great army.
+
+10:78. 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.
+
+10:79. And Apollonius left privately in the camp a thousand horsemen
+behind them.
+
+10:80. 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.
+
+10:81. But the people stood still, as Jonathan had commanded them: and
+so their horses were fatigued.
+
+10:82. Then Simon drew forth his army, and attacked the legion: for the
+horsemen were wearied: and they were discomfited by him, and fled.
+
+10:83. And they that were scattered about the plain fled into Azotus,
+and went into Bethdagon, their idol's temple, there to save themselves.
+
+10:84. But Jonathan set fire to Azotus, and the cities that were round
+about it, and took the spoils of them and the temple of Dagon: and all
+them that were fled into it, he burnt with fire.
+
+10:85. So they that were slain by the sword, with them that were burnt,
+were almost eight thousand men.
+
+10:86. And Jonathan, removed his army from thence and camped against
+Ascalon: and they went out of the city to meet him with great honour.
+
+10:87. And Jonathan returned into Jerusalem with his people, having many
+spoils.
+
+10:88. And it came to pass, when Alexander, the king heard these words,
+that he honoured Jonathan yet more.
+
+10:89. 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.
+
+1 Machabees Chapter 11
+
+Ptolemee invades the kingdom of Alexander: the latter is slain: and the
+former dies soon after. Demetrius honours Jonathan, and is rescued by
+the Jews from his own subjects in Antioch. Antiochus the younger favours
+Jonathan. His exploits in divers places.
+
+11:1. 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.
+
+11:2. 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.
+
+11:3. Now when Ptolemee entered into the cities, he put garrisons of
+soldiers in every city.
+
+11:4. And when he came near to Azotns, 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.
+
+11:5. And they told the king that Jonathan had done these things, to
+make him odious: but the king held his peace.
+
+11:6. And Jonathan came to meet the king at Joppe with glory, and they
+saluted one another, and they lodged there.
+
+11:7. And Jonathan went with the king as far as the river, called
+Eleutherus: and he returned into Jerusalem.
+
+11:8. And king Ptolemee got the dominion of the cities by the sea side,
+even to Seleucia, and he devised evil designs against Alexander.
+
+11:9. 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.
+
+11:10. For I repent that I have given him my daughter: for he hath
+sought to kill me.
+
+11:11. And he slandered him, because he coveted his kingdom,
+
+11:12. And he took away his daughter, and gave her to Demetrius, and
+alienated himself from Alexander, and his enmities were made manifest.
+
+11:13. And Ptolemee entered into Antioch, and set two crowns upon his
+head, that of Egypt, and that of Asia.
+
+11:14. Now king Alexander was in Cilicia at that time: because they that
+were in those places had rebelled.
+
+11:15. 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.
+
+11:16. And Alexander fled into Arabia, there to be protected: and king
+Ptolemee was exalted.
+
+11:17. And Zabdiel the Arabian took off Alexander's head, and sent it to
+Ptolemee.
+
+11:18. 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.
+
+11:19. And Demetrius reigned in the hundred and sixty-seventh year.
+
+11:20. 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.
+
+11:21. Then some wicked men that hated their own nation, went away to
+king Demetrius, and told him that Jonathan was besieging the castle.
+
+11:22. 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.
+
+11:23. 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.
+
+11:24. 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.
+
+11:25. And certain wicked men of his nation made complaints against him.
+
+11:26. And the king treated him as his predecessors had done before: and
+he exalted him in the sight of all his friends.
+
+11:27. And he confirmed him in the high priesthood and all the honours
+he had before, and he made him the chief of his friends.
+
+11:28. 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.
+
+11:29. And the king consented: and he wrote letters to Jonathan of all
+these things, to this effect.
+
+11:30. King Demetrius to his brother, Jonathan, and to the nation of the
+Jews, greeting.
+
+11:31. We send you here a copy of the letter which we have written to
+Lasthenes, our parent, concerning you, that you might know it.
+
+11:32. King Demetrius to Lasthenes, his parent, greetings.
+
+11:33. 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.
+
+11:34. 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.
+
+Apherema... is found only in the Greek version.
+
+11:35. 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.
+
+11:36. We give all to them, and nothing hereof shall be revoked from
+this time forth and for ever.
+
+11:37. 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.
+
+11:38. 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.
+
+11:39. 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:
+
+11:40. 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.
+
+11:41. 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.
+
+11:42. 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.
+
+11:43. Now, therefore, thou shalt do well if thou send me men to help
+me: for all my army is gone from me.
+
+11:44. 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.
+
+11:45. 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.
+
+11:46. And the king fled into the palace: and they of the city kept the
+passages of the city, and began to fight.
+
+11:47. 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.
+
+11:48. 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.
+
+11:49. And they that were of the city saw that the Jews had got the city
+as they would: and they were discouraged in their mind, and cried to the
+king, making supplication, and saying:
+
+1:50. Grant us peace, and let the Jews cease from assaulting us, and the
+city.
+
+11:51. 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.
+
+11:52. So king Demetrius sat in the throne of his kingdom: and the land
+was quiet before him.
+
+11:53. 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.
+
+11:54. And after this Tryphon returned, and with him Antiochus, the
+young boy, who was made king, and put on the diadem.
+
+11:55. And there assembled unto him all the hands which Demetrius had
+sent away, and they fought against Demetrius who turned his back and
+fled.
+
+11:56. And Tryphon took the elephants, and made himself master of
+Antioch.  11:57. 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.
+
+11:58. 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:
+
+11:59. And he made his brother, Simon, governor, from the borders of
+Tyre even to the confines of Egypt.
+
+11:60. 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 hononrably out of the
+city.
+
+11:61. 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.
+
+11:62. 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.
+
+11:63. 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.
+
+11:64. And he went against them: but left his brother, Simon, in the
+country.
+
+11:65. And Simon encamped against Bethsura, and assaulted it many days,
+and shut them up.
+
+11:66. 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.
+
+11:67. And Jonathan and his army encamped by the water of Genesar, and
+before it was light they were ready in the plain of Asor.
+
+11:68. 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.
+
+11:69. And they that lay in ambush rose out of their places, and joined
+battle.
+
+11:70. 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.
+
+11:71. And Jonathan rent his garments, and cast earth upon his head, and
+prayed.
+
+11:72. And Jonathan turned again to them to battle, and he put them to
+flight, and they fought.
+
+11:73. 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.
+
+11:74. And there fell of the aliens in that day three thousand men: and
+Jonathan returned to Jernsalem.
+
+1 Machabees Chapter 12
+
+Jonathan renews his league with the Romans and Lacedemonians. The forces
+of Demetrius flee away from him. He is deceived and made prisoner by
+Tryphon.
+
+12:1. 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:
+
+12:2. And he sent letters to the Spartans, and to other places,
+according to the same form.
+
+12:3. 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.
+
+12:4. And they gave them letters to their governors in every place, to
+conduct them into the land of Juda with peace.  12:5. And this is a copy
+of the letters which Jonathan wrote to the Spartans:
+
+12:6. 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.
+
+12:7. 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.
+
+12:8. And Onias received the ambassador with honour and received the
+letters, wherein there was mention made of the alliance, and amity.
+
+12:9. We, though we needed none of these things having for our comfort
+the holy books that are in our hands,
+
+12:10. Chose rather to send to you to renew the brotherhood and
+friendship, lest we should become stranger to you altogether: for there
+is a long time passed since you sent to us.
+
+12:11. 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.
+
+12:12. And we rejoice at yonr glory.
+
+12:13. But we have had many troubles and wars on every side; and the
+kings that are round about us have fought against us.
+
+12:14. But we would not be troublesome to you, nor to the rest of our
+allies and friends, in these wars.
+
+12:15. For we have had help from heaven, and we have been delivered, and
+our enemies are humbled.
+
+12:16. 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.
+
+12:17. And we have commanded them to go also to you, and salute you, and
+to deliver you our letters, concerning the renewing of our brotherhood.
+
+12:18. And now you shall do well to give us an answer hereto.
+
+12:19. And this is the copy of the letter which he had sent to Onias:
+
+12:20. Arius, king of the Spartans, to Onias, the high priest, greeting.
+
+12:21. It is found in writing concerning the Spartans, and the Jews,
+that they are brethren, and that they are of the stock of Abraham.
+
+12:22. And now since this is come to our knowledge, you do well to write
+to us of your prosperity.
+
+12:23. 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.
+
+12:24. Now Jonathan heard that the generals of Demetrius were come again
+with a greater army than before to fight against him.
+
+12:25. 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.
+
+12:26. 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.
+
+12:27. 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.
+
+12:28. 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.
+
+12:29. But Jonathan, and they that were with him, knew it not till the
+morning: for they saw the lights burning.
+
+12:30. And Jonathan pursued after them, but overtook them not: for they
+had passed the river Eleutherus.
+
+12:31. And Jonathan turned upon the Arabians, that are called Zabadeans:
+and he defeated them, and took the spoils of them.
+
+12:32. And he went forward, and came to Damascus, and passed through all
+that country.
+
+12:33. 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,
+
+12:34. (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.
+
+12:35. And Jonathan came back, and called together the ancients of the
+people; and he took a resolution with them to build fortresses in Judea,
+
+12:36. 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.
+
+12:37. 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:
+
+12:38. And Simon built Adiada in Sephela, and fortified it, and set up
+gates and bars.
+
+12:39. 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:
+
+12:40. 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.
+
+12:41. And Jonathan went out to meet him with forty thousand men chosen
+for battle, and came to Bethsan.
+
+12:42. Now when Tryphon saw that Jonathan came with a great army, he
+durst not stretch forth his hand against him.
+
+12:43. 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.
+
+12:44. And he said to Jonathan: Why hast thou troubled all the people,
+whereas we have no war?
+
+12:45. 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.
+
+12:46. And Jonathan believed him, and did as he said: and sent away his
+army, and they departed into the land of Juda:
+
+12:47. But he kept with him three thousand men: of whom he sent two
+thousand into Galilee, and one thousand went with him.
+
+12:48. 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.
+
+12:49. Then Tryphon sent an army and horsemen into Galilee, and into the
+great plain, to destroy all Jonathan's company.
+
+12:50. 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.
+
+12:51. Then they that had come after them, seeing that they stood for
+their lives, returned back.
+
+12:52. 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.
+
+12:53. Then all the heathens that were round about them, sought to
+destroy them. For they said:
+
+12:54. They have no prince, nor any to help them: now therefore, let us
+make war upon them, and take away the memory of them from amongst men.
+
+1 Machabees Chapter 13
+
+Simon is made captain general in the room of his brother. Jonathan is
+slain by Tryphon. Simon is favoured by Demetrius: he taketh Gaza, and
+the castle of Jerusalem.
+
+13:1. Now Simon heard that Tryphon was gathering together a very great
+army to invade the land of Juda, and to destroy it.
+
+13:2. And seeing that the people was in dread and in fear, he went up to
+Jerusalem, and assembled the people,
+
+13:3. 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:
+
+13:4. By reason whereof all my brethren have lost their lives for
+Israel's sake, and I am left alone.
+
+13:5. And now far be it from me to spare my life in any time of trouble:
+for I am not better than my brethren.
+
+13:6. 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.
+
+13:7. And the spirit of the people was enkindled as soon as they heard
+these words:
+
+13:8. And they answered with a loud voice, saying: Thou art our leader
+in the place of Judas, and Jonathan, thy brother:
+
+13:9. Fight thou our battles, and we will do whatsoever thou shalt say
+to us.
+
+13:10. So gathering together all the men of war, he made haste to finish
+all the walls of Jerusalem, and he fortified it round about.
+
+13:11. 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.
+
+13:12. And Tryphon removed from Ptolemais with a great army, to invade
+the land of Juda, and Jonathan was with him in custody.
+
+13:13. But Simon pitched in Addus, over against the plain.
+
+13:14. 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,
+
+13:15. 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.
+
+13:16. 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.
+
+13:17. 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:
+
+13:18. Because he sent not the money and the children therefore is he
+lost.
+
+13:19. So he sent the children and the hundred talents and he lied, and
+did not let Jonathan go.
+
+13:20. 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.
+
+Simon and his army marched to every place whithersoever they went...
+That is, whithersoever Tryphon and his horsemen went in order to oppose
+them.
+
+13:21. And they that were in the castle, sent messengers to Tryphon,
+that he should make haste to come through the desert, and send them
+victuals.
+
+13:22. 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.
+
+13:23. And when he approached to Bascama, he slew Jonathan and his sons
+there.
+
+13:24. And Tryphon returned, and went into his own country.
+
+13:25. And Simon sent, and took the bones of Jonathan, his brother, and
+buried them in Modin, the city of his fathers.
+
+13:26. And all Israel bewailed him with great lamentation: and they
+mourned for him many days.
+
+13:27. 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:
+
+13:28. And he set up seven pyramids, one against another, for his
+father, and his mother, and his four brethren:
+
+13:29. 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.
+
+13:30. This is the sepulchre that he made in Modin, even unto this day.
+
+13:31. But Tryphon, when he was upon a journey with the young king,
+Antiochus, treacherously slew him.
+
+13:32. And he reigned in his place, and put on the crown of Asia: and
+brought great evils upon the land.
+
+13:33. 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.
+
+13:34. 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.
+
+13:35. And king Demetrius, in answer to this request, wrote a letter in
+this manner:
+
+13:36. King Demetrius to Simon, the high priest, and friend of kings,
+and to the ancients, and to the nation of the Jews, greeting:
+
+13:37. 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.
+
+13:38. For all that we have decreed in your favour shall stand in force.
+The strong holds that you have built, shall be your own.
+
+13:39. 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.
+
+13:40. And if any of you be fit to be enrolled among ours, let them be
+enrolled, and let there be peace between us.
+
+13:41. In the year one hundred and seventy, the yoke of the Gentiles was
+taken off from Israel.
+
+13:42. 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.
+
+13:43. 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.
+
+13:44. And they that were within the engine leapt into the city: and
+there was a great uproar in the city.
+
+13:45. 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.
+
+13:46. And they said: Deal not with us according to our evil deeds, but
+according to thy mercy.
+
+13:47. 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:
+
+13:48. 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.
+
+13:49. 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.
+
+13:50. And they cried to Simon for peace, and he granted it to them: and
+he cast them out from thence and cleansed the castle from uncleannesses.
+
+13:51. 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.
+
+13:52. And he ordained that these days should be kept every year with
+gladness.
+
+13:53. And he fortified the mountain of the temple that was near the
+castle, and he dwelt there himself, and they that were with him.
+
+13:54. And Simon saw that John, his son, was a valiant man for war: and
+he made him captain of all the forces: and he dwelt in Gazara.
+
+1 Machabees Chapter 14
+
+Demetrius is taken by the king of Persia. Judea flourishes under the
+government of Simon.
+
+14:1. In the year one hundred and seventy-two king Demetrius assembled
+his army, and went into Media to get him succours to fight against
+Tryphon.
+
+14:2. 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.
+
+14:3. And he went, and defeated the army of Demetrius: and took him, and
+brought him to Arsaces, and he put him into custody.
+
+14:4. 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.
+
+14:5. And with all his glory he took Joppe for a haven, and made an
+entrance to the isles of the sea.
+
+14:6. And he enlarged the bounds of his nation, and made himself master
+of the country.
+
+14:7. 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.
+
+14:8. And every man tilled his land with peace, and the land of Juda
+yielded her increase, and the trees of the fields their fruit.
+
+14:9. The ancient men sat all in the streets, and treated together of
+the good things of the land, and the youug men put on them glory, and
+the robes of war.
+
+14:10. 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.
+
+14:11. He made peace in the land, and Israel rejoiced with great joy.
+
+14:12. And every man sat under his vine, and under his fig tree: and
+there was none to make them afraid.
+
+14:13. There was none left in the land to fight against them: kings were
+discomfited in those days.
+
+14:14. 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.
+
+14:15. He glorified the sanctuary, and multiplied the vessels of the
+holy places.
+
+14:16. And it was heard at Rome, and as far as Sparta, that Jonathan was
+dead: and they were very sorry.
+
+14:17. 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:
+
+14:18. 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.
+
+14:19. And they were read before the assembly in Jerusalem. And this is
+the copy of the letters that the Spartans sent.
+
+14:20. 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.
+
+14:21. The ambassadors that were sent to our people, have told us of
+your glory, and honour, and joy: and we rejoiced at their coming.
+
+14:22. 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.
+
+14:23. 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.
+
+14:24. And after this Simon sent Numenius to Rome, with a great shield
+of gold, of the weight of a thousand pounds, to confirm the league with
+them. And when the people of Rome had heard
+
+14:25. These words, they said: What thanks shall we give to Simon, and
+his sons:
+
+14:26. 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.
+
+14:27. 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,
+
+14:28. 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,
+
+14:29. And Simon, the son of Mathathias, of the children of Jarib, and
+his brethren, have put themselves in danger, and resisted the enemies of
+their nation, for the maintenance of their holy places, and the law: and
+have raised their nation to great glory.
+
+14:30. And Jonathan gathered together his nation, and was made their
+high priest, and he was laid to his people.
+
+14:31. And their enemies desired to tread down and destroy their
+country, and to stretch forth their hands against their holy places.
+
+14:32. 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.
+
+14:33. 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.
+
+14:34. 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.
+
+14:35. 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.
+
+14:36. 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 purity.
+
+14:37. And he placed therein Jews for the defence of the country, and of
+the city, and he raised up the walls of Jerusalem.
+
+14:38. And king Demetrius confirmed him in the high priesthood.
+
+14:39. According to these things he made him his friend, and glorified
+him with great glory.
+
+14:40. 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:
+
+14:41. 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:
+
+14:42. 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;
+
+14:43. 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:
+
+14:44. 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.
+
+14:45. And whosoever shall do otherwise, or shall make void any of these
+things, shall be punished.
+
+14:46. And it pleased all the people to establish Simon, and to do
+according to these words.
+
+14:47. 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.
+
+14:48. 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:
+
+14:49. And that a copy thereof should be put in the treasury, that
+Simon, and his sons, may have it.
+
+1 Machabees Chapter 15
+
+Antiochus son of Demetrius honours Simon. The Romans write to divers
+nations in favour of the Jews. Antiochus quarrels with Simon, and sends
+troops to annoy him.
+
+15:1. 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:
+
+15:2. And the contents were these: King Antiochus to Simon, the high
+priest, and to the nation of the Jews, greeting.
+
+15:3. 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.
+
+15:4. 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.
+
+15:5. 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:
+
+15:6. And I give thee leave to coin thy own money in thy country:
+
+15:7. 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.
+
+15:8. 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.
+
+15:9. 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.
+
+15:10. In the year one hundred and seventy-four, Antiochus entered into
+the land of his fathers, and all the forces assembled to him, so that
+few were left with Tryphon.
+
+15:11. And king Antiochus pursued after him, and he fled along by the
+sea coast and came to Dora.
+
+15:12. For he perceived that evils were gathered together upon him, and
+his troops had forsaken him.
+
+15:13. And Antiochus camped above Dora with a hundred and twenty
+thousand men of war, and eight thousand horsemen:
+
+15:14. 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.
+
+15:15. 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:
+
+15:16. Lucius, the consul of the Romans, to king Ptolemee, greeting.
+
+Ptolemee... Surnamed Physeon, brother and successor to Philometer.
+
+15:17. 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.
+
+15:18. And they brought also a shield of gold of a thousand pounds.
+
+15:19. 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.
+
+15:20. And it hath seemed good to us to receive the shield of them.
+
+15:21. 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.
+
+15:22. These same things were written to king Demetrius, and to Attalus,
+and to Ariarathes, and to Arsaces,
+
+Attalus, etc... Attalus was king of Pergamus; Ariarathes was king of
+Cappadocia; and Arsaces was king of the Parthians.
+
+15:23. 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.
+
+15:24. And they wrote a copy thereof to Simon, the high priest, and to
+the people of the Jews.
+
+15:25. But king Antiochus moved his camp to Dora the second time,
+assaulting it continually, and making engines: and he shut up Tryphon,
+that he could not go out.
+
+15:26. And Simon sent to him two thousand chosen men to aid him, silver
+also, and gold, and abundance of furniture.
+
+15:27. And he would not receive them, but broke all the covenant that he
+had made with him before, and alienated himself from him.
+
+15:28. 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:
+
+15:29. Their borders you have wasted, and you have made great havoc in
+the land, and have got the dominion of many places in my kingdom.
+
+15:30. 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.
+
+15:31. But if not, give me for them five hundred talents of silver, and
+for the havoc that you have made, and the tributes of the cities, other
+five hundred talents: or else we will come and fight against you.
+
+15:32. 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.
+
+15:33. 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.
+
+15:34. But we having opportunity, claim the inheritance of our fathers.
+
+15:35. 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.
+
+15:36. 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.
+
+15:37. And Tryphon fled away by ship to Orthosias.
+
+15:38. And the king appointed Cendebeus captain of the sea coast, and
+gave him an army of footmen and horsemen.
+
+15:39. 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.
+
+15:40. 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.
+
+15:41. 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.
+
+1 Machabees Chapter 16
+
+The sons of Simon defeat the troops of Antiochus. Simon with two of his
+sons are treacherously murdered by Ptolemee his son in law.
+
+16:1. Then John came up from Gazara, and told Simon, his father, what
+Cendebeus had done against their people.
+
+John... He was afterwards surnamed Hircanus, and succeeded his father in
+both his dignities of high priest and prince. He conquered the Edomites,
+and obliged them to a conformity with the Jews in religion; and
+destroyed the schismatical temple of the Samaritans.
+
+16:2. 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.
+
+16:3. 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.
+
+16:4. Then he chose out of the country twenty thousand fighting men, and
+horsemen, and they went forth against Cendebeus: and they rested in
+Modin.
+
+16:5. 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.
+
+16:6. 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.
+
+He... Viz., John.
+
+16:7. And he divided the people, and set the horsemen in the midst of
+the footmen: but the horsemen of the enemies were very numerous.
+
+16:8. 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.
+
+16:9. At that time, Judas, John's brother, was wounded: but John pursued
+after them, till he came to Cedron, which he had built:
+
+Cedron... Otherwise called Gedon, the city that Cendebeus was
+fortifying.
+
+16:10. 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.
+
+16:11. Now Ptolemee, the son of Abobus, was appointed captain in the
+plain of Jericho, and he had abundance of silver and gold.
+
+16:12. For he was son in law of the high priest.
+
+16:13. 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.
+
+16:14. 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.
+
+16:15. 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.
+
+16:16. 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.
+
+16:17. And he committed a great treachery in Israel, and rendered evil
+for good.
+
+16:18. 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.
+
+16:19. 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.
+
+16:20. And he sent others to take Jerusalem, and the mountain of the
+temple.
+
+16:21. 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.
+
+16:22. 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.
+
+16:23. 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:
+
+16:24. Behold, these are written in the book of the days of his
+priesthood, from the time that he was made high priest after his father.
+
+
+
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