First Book of Machabees Archives

Then John came up from Gazara, and told Simon, his father, what Cendebeus had done against their people. 2 And […]

And king Antiochus, the son of Demetrius, sent letters from the isles of the sea to Simon, the priest, and […]

In the year one hundred and seventy-two king Demetrius assembled his army, and went into Media to get him succours […]

Now Simon heard that Tryphon was gathering together a very great army to invade the land of Juda, and to […]

And Jonathan saw that the time served him, and he chose certain men, and sent them to Rome, to confirm […]

And the king of Egypt gathered together an army, like the sand that lieth upon the sea shore, and many […]

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, […]