{"product_id":"2940148952664","title":"The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 46: 2 Machabees","description":"THE SECOND BOOK OF MACHABEES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis second book of MACHABEES is not a continuation of the history\u003cbr\u003econtained in the first: nor does is come down so low as the first does:\u003cbr\u003ebut relates many of the same facts more at large, and adds other\u003cbr\u003eremarkable particulars, omitted in the first book, relating to the state\u003cbr\u003eof the Jews, as well before as under the persecution of ANTIOCHUS. The\u003cbr\u003eauthor, who is not the same with that of the first book, has given (as\u003cbr\u003ewe learn from chap. 2.20, etc.) a short abstract of what JASON of Cyrene\u003cbr\u003ehad written in the five volumes, concerning JUDAS and his brethren. He\u003cbr\u003ewrote in Greek, and begins with two letters, sent by the Jews of\u003cbr\u003eJerusalem to their brethren in Egypt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2 Machabees Chapter 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLetters of the Jews of Jerusalem to them that were in Egypt. They give\u003cbr\u003ethanks for their delivery from Antiochus: and exhort their brethren to\u003cbr\u003ekeep the feast of the dedication of the altar, and of the miraculous\u003cbr\u003efire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:1. To the brethren, the Jews that are throughout Egypt; the brethren,\u003cbr\u003ethe Jews that are in Jerusalem, and in the land of Judea, send health\u003cbr\u003eand good peace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:2. May God be gracious to you, and remember his covenant that he made\u003cbr\u003ewith Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, his faithful servants:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:3. And give you all a heart to worship him, and to do his will with a\u003cbr\u003egreat heart, and a willing mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:4. May he open your heart in his law, and in his commandments, and\u003cbr\u003esend you peace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:5. May he hear your prayers, and be reconciled unto you, and never\u003cbr\u003eforsake you in the evil time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:6. And now here we are praying for you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:7. When Demetrius reigned, in the year one hundred and sixty-nine, we\u003cbr\u003eJews wrote to you in the trouble and violence that came upon us in those\u003cbr\u003eyears, after Jason withdrew himself from the holy land, and from the\u003cbr\u003ekingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:8. They burnt the gate, and shed innocent blood: then we prayed to the\u003cbr\u003eLord, and were heard, and we offered sacrifices, and fine flour, and\u003cbr\u003elighted the lamps, and set forth the loaves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:9. And now celebrate ye the days of Scenopegia in the month of Casleu.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScenopegia... Viz., the Encenia, or feast of the dedication of the\u003cbr\u003ealtar, called here Scenopegia, or feast of tabernacles, from being\u003cbr\u003ecelebrated with the like solemnity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:10. In the year one hundred and eighty-eight, the people that is at\u003cbr\u003eJerusalem, and in Judea, and the senate, and Judas, to Aristobolus, the\u003cbr\u003epreceptor of king Ptolemee, who is of the stock of the anointed priests,\u003cbr\u003eand to the Jews that are in Egypt, health and welfare.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:11. Having been delivered by God out of great dangers, we give him\u003cbr\u003egreat thanks, forasmuch as we have been in war with such a king.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuch a king... Viz., Antiochus Sidetes, who began to make war upon the\u003cbr\u003eJews, whilst Simon was yet alive. 1 Mac. 15.39. And afterwards besieged\u003cbr\u003eJerusalem under John Hircanus. So that the Judas here mentioned, ver.\u003cbr\u003e10, is not Judas Machabeus, who was dead long before the year 188 of the\u003cbr\u003ekingdom of the Greeks, for he died in the year 146 of that epoch, (see\u003cbr\u003eabove 1 Mac. chap. 2., ver. 70, also the note on chap. 1, ver. 2,) but\u003cbr\u003eeither Judas the eldest son of John Hircanus, or Judas the Essene,\u003cbr\u003erenowned for the gift of prophecy, who flourished about that time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:12. For he made numbers of men swarm out of Persia, that have fought\u003cbr\u003eagainst us, and the holy city.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:13. For when the leader himself was in Persia, and with him a very\u003cbr\u003egreat army, he fell in the temple of Nanea, being deceived by the\u003cbr\u003ecounsel of the priests of Nanea.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNanea... A Persian goddess, which some have taken for Diana, others for\u003cbr\u003eVenus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:14. For Antiochus, with his friends, came to the place as though he\u003cbr\u003ewould marry her, and that he might receive great sums of money under the\u003cbr\u003etitle of a dowry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:15. And when the priests of Nanea had set it forth, and he with a\u003cbr\u003esmall company had entered into the compass of the temple, they shut the\u003cbr\u003etemple,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:16. When Antiochus was come in: and opening a secret entrance of the\u003cbr\u003etemple, they cast stones and slew the leader, and them that were with\u003cbr\u003ehim, and hewed them in pieces; and cutting off their heads, they threw\u003cbr\u003ethem forth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:17. Blessed be God in all things, who hath delivered up the wicked.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:18. Therefore, whereas we purpose to keep the purification of the\u003cbr\u003etemple on the five and twentieth day of the month of Casleu, we thought\u003cbr\u003eit necessary to signify it to you: that you also may keep the day of\u003cbr\u003eScenopegia, and the day of the fire, that was given when Nehemias\u003cbr\u003eoffered sacrifice, after the temple and the altar was built.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:19. For when our fathers were led into Persia, the priests that then\u003cbr\u003ewere worshippers of God,","brand":"Lost Leaf Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47084511002864,"sku":"2940148952664","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148952664_p0.jpg?v=1763710924","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148952664","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}