Now in the hundred and sixtieth year, Alexander, the son of Antiochus, surnamed the Illustrious, came up and took Ptolemais, […]

In the mean time, when Demetrius heard that Nicanor and his army were fallen in battle, he sent again Bacchides […]

Now Judas heard of the fame of the Romans, that they are powerful and strong, and willingly agree to all […]

In the hundred and fifty-first year, Demetrius, the son of Seleucus, departed from the city of Rome, and came up […]

Now king Antiochus was going through the higher countries, and he heard that the city of Elymais in Persia, was […]

Now it came to pass, when the nations round about heard that the altar and the sanctuary were built up, […]

Then Gorgias took five thousand men, and a thousand of the best horsemen; and they removed out of the camp […]

Then his son Judas, called Machabeus, rose up in his stead. 2 And all his brethren helped him, and all […]

In those days arose Mathathias, the son of John, the son of Simeon, a priest of the sons of Joarib, […]

Now it came to pass, after that Alexander the son of Philip the Macedonian, who first reigned in Greece, coming […]