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2 Maccabees 12:39
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By the following day it was urgent that they gather up the bodies of the men who had been killed in battle and bury them in their family tombs.
2 Maccabees 13:8
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and that was just what he deserved. He had often profaned the sacred ashes of the altar fire in the Temple, and now he met his death in ashes.
2 Maccabees 14:7
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It is their fault that I no longer hold the glorious position of High Priest, to which I am entitled by birth. And so I have come here,
2 Maccabees 15:32
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He showed them the head of the evil Nicanor and the arm which that wicked man had arrogantly stretched out against the sacred Temple of the Almighty God.
1 Maccabees 1:35
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They also brought in arms and supplies and stored in the fort all the loot that they had taken in Jerusalem. This fort became a great threat to the city.
1 Maccabees 1:38
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The people of Jerusalem fled in fear, and the city became a colony of foreigners. Jerusalem was foreign to its own people, who had been forced to abandon the city.
1 Maccabees 1:51
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The king not only issued the same decree throughout his whole empire, but he also appointed officials to supervise the people and commanded each town in Judea to offer pagan sacrifices.
1 Maccabees 2:19
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Mattathias answered in a loud voice, "I don't care if every Gentile in this empire has obeyed the king and yielded to the command to abandon the religion of his ancestors.
1 Maccabees 2:24
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When Mattathias saw him, he became angry enough to do what had to be done. Shaking with rage, he ran forward and killed the man right there on the altar.
1 Maccabees 2:31
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The report soon reached the king's officials and the soldiers in the fort at Jerusalem that some men who had defied the king's command had gone into hiding in the wilderness.
1 Maccabees 2:42
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Then Mattathias and his friends were joined by a group of devout and patriotic Jews, the strongest and bravest men in Israel, who had all volunteered to defend the Law.
1 Maccabees 3:13
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Seron, the general of the Syrian forces, learned that Judas had gathered together an army, consisting of a band of loyal men who were ready to fight under his command.
1 Maccabees 3:35
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Lysias was ordered to send an army against the Jews, especially the Jews in Jerusalem, to break their power and destroy them, so that no trace of them would remain.
1 Maccabees 4:10
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Now let us ask the Lord to have mercy on us. Let us pray that he will honor his covenant with our ancestors and crush this army when we attack today.
1 Maccabees 4:46
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and put the stones in a suitable place on the Temple hill, where they were to be kept until a prophet should appear and decide what to do with them.
1 Maccabees 4:61
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Judas placed a detachment of soldiers there to guard the Temple. He also fortified the town of Bethzur, so that the people of Israel would have a fortress facing Idumea.
1 Maccabees 5:16
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When Judas and the people heard all this, a great assembly was held to decide what should be done to help these countrymen, who were in such difficulty under enemy attack.
1 Maccabees 5:38
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Judas sent some men to spy on the camp, and they reported back to him that all the Gentiles in the region had joined Timothy and had formed a large army.
1 Maccabees 5:65
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Then Judas and his brothers went to war against the Edomites to the south. He attacked Hebron and its surrounding towns, destroyed its fortifications, and burned down the towers around it.
1 Maccabees 6:2
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The temple was very rich, containing gold shields, armor, and weapons left there by Alexander, son of King Philip of Macedonia, who was the first to rule the Greek Empire.