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26 Simon sent 2,000 well-trained soldiers to help Antiochus, as well as silver and gold and a great deal of equipment.

27 But Antiochus refused to accept them, canceled all the previous agreements that he had made with Simon, and became his enemy.

11 Simon the High Priest had appointed Ptolemy son of Abubus commander for the Plain of Jericho. Ptolemy was very rich,

2 "May God be good to you and keep the covenant he made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, his faithful servants.

11 "We thank God because he saved us from great danger. We were like men ready to fight against a king,

9 "We are also told how the wise King Solomon offered a sacrifice of dedication at the completion of the Temple,

28 I will leave the matter of details to the original author and attempt to give only a summary of the events.

31 but whoever is merely writing a summary should be permitted to give a brief account without going into a detailed discussion.

37 When the king asked Heliodorus who would be the best man to send on the next mission to Jerusalem, Heliodorus replied,

6 He realized that without the king's cooperation there was no hope for peace, and Simon would keep on with his foolishness.

8 He went to see the king and offered him 27,000 pounds of silver with 6,000 more pounds to be paid later.

18 Once when the king was present for the athletic games that were held every five years in the city of Tyre,

31 So the king left Andronicus, one of his high officials, in command, while he hurried off to Cilicia to restore order.

16 So the Lord is always merciful to us, his own people. Although he punishes us with disasters, he never abandons us.

3 This made the king so furious that he gave orders for huge pans and kettles to be heated red hot,

21 She combined womanly emotion with manly courage and spoke words of encouragement to each of her sons in their native language.

39 These words of ridicule made Antiochus so furious that he had the boy tortured even more cruelly than his brothers.

42 But I have said enough about the Jews being tortured and being forced to eat the intestines of sacrificial animals.

13 Some were cowardly and did not believe in the justice of God, and they ran away as fast as they could.

22 of about 1,500 men each, with himself and his brothers Simon, Joseph, and Jonathan each in charge of a division.