a ch. 6. 2.

b ch. 8. 5. See Gen. 10. 4.

* Cp. ch. 11. 38, 52.

d ch. 6. 15 & 8. 14.

e C'p. Deut. 29. 18.

ƒ 2 Macc. 2. 20

& 4.7
& 10. 9, 13.
Cp. ch. 3.
27, 33

& 2 Macc.
1. 14.

13. 13.

hver. 34. ch. 6. 21 & 7.5 & 9. 23 & 10. 61 & 11. 21. i Cp. Judg.

of Philip, who came out of the land of Chittim, and smote Darius king of the Persians and Medes, it came to pass, after he had smitten him, that he reigned in his stead, in former time, over 1 Greece. And he fought many battles, and won many strongholds, and slew the kings of the earth, 3 and went through to the ends of the earth, and took spoils of a multitude of nations. And the earth was quiet before him, and he was exalted, and his heart was lifted up, 4 and he gathered together an exceeding strong host, and ruled over countries and nations and principalities, and they became tributary unto him. 5 And after these things he fell sick, and perceived that he should die. 6 And he called his servants, which were honourable, which had been brought up with him from his youth, and he divided unto them his kingdom, while he was yet alive. 7 And Alexander reigned twelve years, and he died. 8 And his servants bare rule, each one in his place. 9 And they did all put ddiadems upon themselves after that he was dead, and so did their sons after them many years: and they multiplied evils in the earth.

10 And there came forth out of them a esinful root, Antiochus Epiphanes, son of Antiochus the king, who had been a hostage at Rome, and he reigned in 2 the hundred and thirty and seventh year of the kingdom of the Greeks.

In those days came there forth out of Israel transgressors of the See Deut. law, and persuaded many, saying, "Let us go and make a covenant with the 3 Gentiles that are round about us; for since we were parted from them many evils have befallen us. 12 And the saying was good in their eyes. 13 And certain of the people were forward herein and went to the king, and he gave them licence to do after the ordinances of the Gentiles. 14 And they built a place of exercise in Jerusalem according to the laws of the Gentiles; 15 and Cp. 1 Cor. they made themselves uncircumcised, and forsook the holy covenant, and

2. 2.

See 2 Macc.

4. 7-10.

Cp.2 Macc.

4. 9, 12.

7. 18.

m See 1 Kin. 21. 20.

" Cp. Dan. 11. 25 & 2 Macc. 5. 1.

• ch. 3. 34 & 6. 30, 34, 35, 46

16 And the kingdom was well ordered in the sight of Antiochus, and he thought to reign over Egypt, that he might reign over the two kingdoms. 17 And he entered into Egypt with a great multitude, with chariots, and with elephants, and with horsemen, and with a great navy; 18 and he made war against PPtolemy king of Egypt; and Ptolemy was put to shame before him, and fled; and many fell wounded to death. 19 And Pch. 10. 51. they got possession of the strong cities in the land of Egypt; and he took the spoils of Egypt.

& 8. 6. 2 Macc. 11. 4, al.

2 Macc. 4.
21

& 9. 29. 4 Cp. ch. 16.

8.

* See

2 Macc. 5. 11-16.

20 And Antiochus, after that he had smitten Egypt, "returned in the hundred and forty and third year, and went up against Israel and Jerusalem with a great multitude, 21 and entered presumptuously into the sanctuary, and took the golden altar, and the candlestick See Ex. 30. of the light, and all that pertained thereto, 22 and the table of the shewbread, and the cups to pour withal, and the bowls, and the golden censers, and the veil, and the crowns, and the adorning of gold which was on the face of the temple, and he scaled it all off. 23 And he took the silver and the gold and the precious vessels; and he took the hidden treasures which he found. 24 And when he had taken all, he went away into his own land, and he made a great slaugh- See 2 Macc. ter, and spake very presumptuously. 25 And there came great mourning upon Israel, in every place where they were; 26 and the rulers and elders groaned, the virgins and young men were made feeble, and the beauty of the women was changed. 27a Every bridegroom took up Cp. Jer. 7. lamentation, she that sat in the mar riage chamber was in heaviness. 28 And the land was moved for the inhabitants thereof, and all the house of Jacob was clothed with shame.

d ch. 3. 45
& 4. 2, 41
& 6. 18, 24,
26, 32, al.
* Cp. Tobit

13. 6.

See ver. 11.

Cp. ch. 13.

51.

See Ps. 79.

1-3.

i C'p. ch. 3.
45

& 4. 38.

j 2 Macc. 6.
6.

Cp. Amos
8. 10

& Tobit 2.

6.

Cp. 2 Macc.

6. 6.

2 Cp. ch. 2.

19.

m Cp. Dan.
11. 31.

n See

2 Macc. 6.
4-6.

smote it very sore, and destroyed much
people out of Israel. 31 And he took the
spoils of the city, and set it on fire, and
pulled down the houses thereof and the
walls thereof on every side. 32 And
they led captive the women and the
children, and the cattle they took in
possession. 33 And they builded the city
of David with a great and strong wall,
with strong towers, and it became unto
them da citadel. 34 And they put there
ea sinful nation, transgressors of the
law, and they strengthened themselves
therein. 35 And they stored up arms
and victuals, and gathering together the
spoils of Jerusalem, they laid them up
there, and they became a sore snare:
36 and it became a place to lie in wait
in against the sanctuary, and an evil
adversary to Israel continually. 37 And
they shed innocent blood on every side
of the sanctuary, and defiled the sanc-
tuary. 38 And the inhabitants of Jeru-
salem fled because of them; and she
became a habitation of strangers, and
she became strange to them that were
born in her, and her children forsook
her. 39 Her sanctuary was laid waste
like a wilderness, her feasts were
turned into mourning, her sabbaths into
reproach, her honour into contempt.
40 According to her glory, so was her
dishonour multiplied, and her high estate
was turned into mourning.

41 And king Antiochus wrote to his
whole kingdom, that all should be one
people, 42 and that each should forsake
his own laws. And all the nations
agreed according to the word of the
king; 43 and many of Israel consented
to his worship, and sacrificed to the idols,
and profaned the sabbath. 44 And the
king sent letters by the hand of messen-
gers unto Jerusalem and the cities of
Judah, that they should follow laws
strange to the land, 45m and should forbid
whole burnt offerings and sacrifice and
drink offerings in the sanctuary; and
should "profane the sabbaths and feasts,
460 and pollute the sanctuary and them
that were holy; 47 that they should
build altars, and temples, and shrines
for idols, and Pshould sacrifice swine's
flesh and unclean beasts: 48 and that they
should leave their sons uncircumcised,
that they should make their souls abo-
minable with all manner of uncleanness
and profanation; 49 so that they might
forget the law, and change all the ordi-
nances. 509 And whosoever shall not
do according to the word of the king,
he shall die. 51 According to all these
words wrote he to his whole kingdom;
"Cp. 2 Macc. and rhe appointed overseers over all the
people, and he commanded the cities of
Judah to sacrifice, city by city. 52 And
from the people were gathered together

* Cp. ch. 4.
36.

P Cp. Isai.
66. 3
& 2 Macc.
6. 21.

? 2 Macc. 6.
9.

54 And on the fifteenth day of t Chislev,
in the hundred and forty and fifth year,
they builded "an abomination of deso-ch. 4. 52, 59.
lation upon the 2altar, and in the cities
of Judah on every side they builded
idol altars. 55 And at the doors of the
houses and in the streets they burnt
incense. 56 And they rent in pieces the
books of the law which they found, and
set them on fire. 57 And wheresoever
was found with any a book of the cove-
nant, and if any consented to the law,
the king's sentence delivered him to
death. 58 Thus did they in their might
unto Israel, to those that were found
month by month in the cities. 59 And
won the five and twentieth day of the
month they sacrificed upon the idol
2 altar, which was upon the 2 altar of God.
60 And the women that had circum- *Cp.2 Macc.
cised their children they put to death
according to the commandment. 61 And
they hanged their babes about their
necks, and destroyed their houses, and
them that had circumcised them. 62 And
many in Israel were fully resolved and
confirmed in themselves not to eat un-
clean things. 63 Andy they chose to die, Cp.2 Macc.
that they might not be defiled with the
meats, and that they might not profane
the holy covenant: and they died. 64 And
there came exceeding great wrath upon
Israel.

In those days rose up Mattathias
2 the son of John, the son of Simeon,

Woe is me! wherefore was I born to
see the destruction of my people, and
the destruction of h the holy city, and to
dwell there, when it was given into the
hand of the enemy, the sanctuary into
the hand of aliens? 8 Her temple isch. 5. 17.
become as a man 4 that was glorious:
9 her vessels of glory are carried away
into captivity, j her infants are slain in
her streets, her young men with the
sword of the enemy.
10 What nation
hath not inherited her palaces, and
gotten possession of her spoils? I her
adorning is all taken away; instead of
free woman she is become a bond Cp. Ezek.
woman: 12 and, behold, our holy things

land our beauty and our glory are laid
waste, and m the Gentiles have profaned
them. 13 Wherefore should we live any
longer?

14 And Mattathias and his sons "rent
their clothes, and put on sackcloth,
and mourned exceedingly.

15 And the king's officers, that were
enforcing the apostasy, came into the
city a Modin to sacrifice. 16 And many
of Israel came unto them, and Matta-
thias and his sons were gathered to-
gether. 17 And the king's officers an-
swered and spake to Mattathias, saying,
Thou art a ruler and an honourable and
great man in this city, and strengthened
with sons and brethren: 18 now there-
fore come thou first and do the com-
mandment of the king, Pas all the
nations have done, and the men of
Judah, and they that remain in Jeru-
salem: and thou and thy house shall
be in the number of the king's Friends,
and thou and thy sons shall be honoured
with silver and gold and many gifts.
19 And Mattathias answered and said
with a loud voice, If all the nations that
are in the house of the king's dominion
hearken unto him, "to fall away each
one from the worship of his fathers, and
have made choice to follow his com-
mandments, 208 yet will I and my sons
and my brethren walk in the covenant
of our fathers. 211 Heaven forbid that
we should forsake the law and the ordi-
nances. 22 We will not hearken to the
king's words, to go aside from our
worship, on the right hand, or on the
left.

23 And when he had left speaking these
words, there came a Jew in the sight of
all to sacrifice on the altar which was
at a Modin, according to the king's com-
mandment. 24 And Mattathias saw it,
and his zeal was kindled, and his reins
trembled, and he shewed forth his wrath
"according to judgement, and ran, and
slew him upon the altar. 25 And the
king's officer, who compelled men to
sacrifice, he killed at that time, and
pulled down the altar. 26 And he was
zealous for the law, weven as Phinehas
did unto Zimri the son of Salu. 27 And
Mattathias cried out in the city with
a loud voice, saying, Whosoever is zea-
lous for the law, and maintaineth the
covenant, let him come forth after me.
28 And he and his sons fled into the
mountains, and forsook all that they
had in the city.

29 Then many that sought after justice
and judgement went down into the wil-
derness, to dwell there, 30 they, and
their sons, and their wives, and their
cattle; because evils were multiplied
upon them. 31 And it was told the king's
officers, and the forces that were in

“ Cp. ch. 1.
53.

Jerusalem, the city of David, that cer-
tain men, who had broken the king's
commandment, were gone down into
a the secret places in the wilderness;
32 and many pursued after them, and
having overtaken them, they encamped
against them, and set the battle in array
against them on the sabbath day. 33 And
they said unto them, Thus far. Come
forth, and do according to the word of
the king, and ye shall live. 34 And they
said, We will not come forth, neither
will we do the word of the king, btob ch. 1. 45.
profane the sabbath day. 35 And they
hasted to give them battle. 36 And they
answered them not, neither cast they
a stone at them, nor stopped up athe
secret places, 37 saying, Let us die all in
our innocency: heaven and earth witness
over us, that ye put us to death without
trial. 38c And they rose up against
them in battle on the sabbath, and they
died, they dand their wives and their
children, and their cattle, to the number
of a thousand 2souls.

Cp. 2 Macc.

6. 11.

ver. 30.

* Cp. ch. 9.
43, 44.

6.

39 And Mattathias and his friends knew
it, and they mourned over them exceed-
ingly. 40 And one said to another, If we
all do as our brethren have done, and
fight not against the Gentiles for our
lives and our ordinances, they will now
quickly destroy us from off the earth.
41 And they took counsel on that day,
saying, Whosoever shall come against
us to battle on the sabbath day, let us
fight against him, and we shall in no
wise all die, as our brethren died in a the
secret places. 42 Then were gathered to-
gether unto them a company of 3 Hasi-fch. 7. 13.
2 Macc. 14.
dæans, mighty men of Israel, every one
that offered himself willingly for the
law. 43 And all they that fled from the
evils were added to them, and became a
stay unto them. 44 And they mustered
a host, and smote 9 sinners in their an-
ger, and lawless men in their wrath: and
the rest fled to the Gentiles for safety.
45 And Mattathias and his friends went
round about, and pulled down the altars;
46 and they circumcised by force the
children that were uncircumcised, as
many as they found in the coasts of
Israel. 47 And they pursued after the
sons of pride, and the work prospered in
their hand. 48 And they rescued the
law out of the hand of the Gentiles, and
out of the hand of the kings, neither
4h suffered they the sinner to triumph.

49 And the days of Mattathias drew
near that he should die, and he said
unto his sons,

Now have pride and rebuke gotten
strength, and a season of overthrow,
and wrath of indignation. 50 And now,
my children, be ye zealous for the
law, and give your lives for the cove-
nant of your fathers. 51 And call to

9 Cp. ch. 1.
34.

h Cp. Ec-
clus. 49. 5
(for mg.).

* See Deut.
2.25.

w See ch. 1.
10.

* Cp. Dan.
11. 24.

y See ch. 6.

1.

hundred men; but the residue fled into
the land of the Philistines.

25 And the fear of Judas and his
brethren, and the dread of them, began
to fall upon the nations round about
them: 26 and his name came near even
unto the king, and every nation told of
the battles of Judas.

27 But when king wAntiochus heard
these words, he was full of indignation:
and he sent and gathered together all
the forces of his realm, an exceeding
strong army. 28 And he opened his
treasury, and gave his forces pay for
a year, and commanded them to be
ready for every need. 29 And he saw
that the money failed from his treasures,
and that the tributes of the country
were small, because of the dissension
and plague which he had brought upon
the land, to the end that he might take
away the laws which had been from
the first days; 30 and he feared that he
should not have enough as at other
times for the charges and the gifts
which he gave aforetime with a liberal
hand, and he abounded above the
kings that were before him. 31 And he
was exceedingly perplexed in his mind,
and he determined to go into y Persia,
and to take the tributes of the countries,
and to gather much money. 32 And he
ch. 4. 25, 34 left Lysias, an honourable man, and
one of the seed royal, to be over the
affairs of the king from the river Eu-
2 Macc. 10. phrates unto the borders of Egypt,
33 and to bring up his son a Antiochus,
until he came again. 34 And he delivered
unto him the half of his forces, and the
elephants, and gave him charge of all
the things that he would have done, and
concerning them that dwelt in Judæa
and in Jerusalem, 35 that he should send
a host against them, to root out and
destroy the strength of Israel, and the
remnant of Jerusalem, and to take
11. 13, 44, away their memorial from the place;
36 and that he should make strangers
to dwell in all their coasts, and should
divide their land to them by lot. 37 And
the king took the half that remained of
the forces, and removed from dAntioch,
from his royal city, the hundred and
forty and seventh year; and he passed
over the river Euphrates, and went
through the upper countries.

& 6. 6, 17,

55

& 7. 2.

11

& 11. 1

& 13. 2
& 14. 2.
a See ch. 1.
10.

See ch. 1.
17.

ch. 12. 53.
d ch. 4. 35
& 6. 63

56.

2 Macc. 4.
33.

Acts 11. 26,
al.

e ch. 6. 1.
2 Macc. 9.
23, 25.
Cp. Acts
19. 1.

/See 2 Macc.
10. 12.
ch. 7. 26,
33, 39, 43.
2 Macc. 8.
9, 34
& 9. 3, al.

18

& 5. 59.
2 Macc. 8. 9
& 10. 14

38 And Lysias chose/Ptolemy the son
of Dorymenes, and Nicanor, and Gor-
hch. 4. 1,5, gias, mighty men of the king's Friends;
39 and with them he sent forty thousand
footmen, and seven thousand horse, to
go into the land of Judah, and to de-
& 12. 32, al. stroy it, according to the word of the
king. 40 And they removed with all
their host, and came and pitched near
unto Emmaus in the plain country.
Cp.2 Macc. 41 And the merchants of the country
heard the fame of them, and

i See ch. 2.

18.

42 And Judas and his brethren saw
that evils were multiplied, and that the
forces were encamping in their borders;
and they took knowledge of the king's
words which he had commanded, to de-
stroy the people and make an end of
them; 43 and they said each man to his
neighbour, Let us raise up the ruin of
our people, and let us fight for our
people and the holy place. 44 And the
congregation was gathered together, that
they might be ready for battle, and that
they might pray, and ask for mercy and
compassion. 45 m And Jerusalem was
without inhabitant as a wilderness, there
was none of her offspring that went in
or went out; and the sanctuary was
trodden down, and the sons of strangers
were in the citadel, the Gentiles lodged
therein; and joy was taken away from
Jacob, and the pipe and the harp
ceased. 46 And they gathered them-
selves together, and came to Mizpeh,
over against Jerusalem; for in Mizpeh Judg. 20. 1.
was there a place of prayer aforetime
for Israel. 47 And they fasted that day,
and Pput on sackcloth, and put ashes
upon their heads, and rent their clothes,
48 and laid open the book of the law,
concerning which the Gentiles were
wont to inquire, seeking the likenesses
of their idols. 49 And they brought the
priests' garments, tand the firstfruits,
and the tithes: and they stirred up Cp. Ex. 28.
the Nazirites, who had accomplished
their days. 50 And they cried aloud
toward heaven, saying, What shall we
do with these men, and whither shall
we carry them away? 51 And thy holy
place is trodden down and profaned, and
thy priests are in heaviness and brought
low. 52 And, behold, the Gentiles are
assembled together against us to destroy
us: thou knowest what things they ima-
gine against us. 53 How shall we be
able to stand before them, except thou
be our help? 549 And they sounded ch. 4. 13
with the trumpets, and cried with a
loud voice.

ch. 2. 14.

See 2 Sam.
3. 31.

ch. 4. 39

& 11. 71.
2 Macc. 10.
25

& 14. 15.
* See Gen.
37. 29.

4.

t See Neh.
10. 35.

" See Lev.
27.30.
Num. 6. 2,
13.

w Cp. ver.
18.

* ch. 1. 39
& 4. 38.

& 5. 33

& 9. 13

& 16. 8.
Cp. Num.
10. 9.

a See Deut.
20. 5-8.

55 And after this Judas appointed
leaders of the people, captains of thou-ch. 16. 19.
sands, and captains of hundreds, and
captains of fifties, and captains of tens.
56 And he said to them a that were build-
ing houses, and were betrothing wives,
and were planting vineyards, and were Cp. Judg.
fearful, that they should return, each
man to his own house, aaccording to
the law. 57 And the army removed, and
encamped upon the south side of Em-See ver. 40.
maus. 58 And Judas said, Gird your-d 2 Sam. 10.
selves, and dbe valiant men, and be in 12.

3 Gr. strangers.

7.3.