2 Maccabees 2:19

19 Now concerning Judas Maccabeus and his brethren, and the purification of the great temple, and the dedication of the altar,

2 Maccabees 2:19 In-Context

17 We hope also that the God, who delivered all His people, and gave them all a heritage and the kingdom and the priesthood and the sanctuary,

18 as He promised in the law, will shortly have mercy upon us and gather us together out of every land under heaven into the holy place; for He hath delivered us out of great troubles, and hath purified the place."

19 Now concerning Judas Maccabeus and his brethren, and the purification of the great temple, and the dedication of the altar,

20 and the wars against Antiochus Epiphanes and Eupator his son,

21 and the manifest signs that came from heaven unto those who behaved themselves manfully to their honor for Judaism, so that, being but a few, they overcame the whole country, and chased barbarous multitudes,