2 Maccabees 13
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Menelaus Joins Antiochus V but Is Executed
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2 Macc 10.10,11. In the hundred forty and ninth year it was told Judas, that An-ti´ochus Eu´pator was coming with a great power into Judea, 2and with him Lys´i-as his protector, and ruler of his affairs, having either of them a Greek force of footmen, an hundred and ten thousand, and horsemen five thousand and three hundred, and elephants two and twenty, and three hundred chariots armed with hooks.
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2 Macc 4.23. Menela´us also joined himself with them, and with great dissimulation encouraged An-ti´ochus, not for the safeguard of the country, but because he thought to have been made governor. 4#Rev 19.16. But the King of kings moved An-ti´ochus' mind against this wicked wretch, and Lys´i-as informed the king that this man was the cause of all mischief, so that the king commanded to bring him unto Berea, and to put him to death, as the manner is in that place. 5Now there was in that place a tower of fifty cubits high, full of ashes, and it had a round instrument, which on every side hanged down into the ashes. 6And whosoever was condemned of sacrilege, or had committed any other grievous crime, there did all men thrust him unto death. 7Such a death it happened that wicked man to die, not having so much as burial in the earth; and that most justly: 8for inasmuch as he had committed many sins about the altar, whose fire and ashes were holy, he received his death in ashes.
Antiochus V Fights with Judas Near Modin
(1 Maccabees 6.28-47)
9Now the king came with a barbarous and haughty mind to do far worse to the Jews, than had been done in his father's time. 10Which things when Judas perceived, he commanded the multitude to call upon the Lord night and day, that if ever at any other time, he would now also help them, being at the point to be put from their law, from their country, and from the holy temple: 11and that he would not suffer the people, that had even now been but a little refreshed, to be in subjection to the blasphemous nations. 12So when they had all done this together, and besought the merciful Lord with weeping and fasting, and lying flat upon the ground three days long, Judas, having exhorted them, commanded they should be in a readiness. 13And Judas, being apart with the elders, determined, before the king's host should enter into Judea, and get the city, to go forth and try the matter in fight by the help of the Lord. 14#1 Macc 2.1. So when he had committed all to the Creator of the world, and exhorted his soldiers to fight manfully, even unto death, for the laws, the temple, the city, the country, and the commonwealth, he camped by Modin: 15and having given the watchword to them that were about him, Victory is of God; with the most valiant and choice young men he went in into the king's tent by night, and slew in the camp about four thousand men, and the chiefest of the elephants, with all that were upon him. 16And at last they filled the camp with fear and tumult, and departed with good success. 17This was done in the break of the day, because the protection of the Lord did help him.
Antiochus Attacks Beth–zur
(1 Maccabees 6.31,49,50)
18Now when the king had taken a taste of the manliness of the Jews, he went about to take the holds by policy, 19and marched toward Beth–zur, which was a stronghold of the Jews: but he was put to flight, failed, and lost of his men: 20for Judas had conveyed unto them that were in it such things as were necessary. 21But Rhod´ocus, who was in the Jews' host, disclosed the secrets to the enemies; therefore he was sought out, and when they had gotten him, they put him in prison.
Antiochus Makes Peace with the Jews
(1 Maccabees 6.55-63)
22The king treated with them in Beth–zur the second time, gave his hand, took theirs, departed, fought with Judas, was overcome; 23#1 Macc 6.14,15,56,63; 2 Macc 9.29. heard that Philip, who was left over the affairs in An´ti-och, was desperately bent, confounded, intreated the Jews, submitted himself, and sware to all equal conditions, agreed with them, and offered sacrifice, honored the temple, and dealt kindly with the place, 24#Gen 20.1; 26.1; 2 Chr 14.13. and accepted well of Maccabe´us, made him principal governor from Ptolema´is unto the Gerar; 25came to Ptolema´is: the people there were grieved for the covenants; for they stormed, because they would make their covenants void: 26Lys´i-as went up to the judgment seat, said as much as could be in defense of the cause, persuaded, pacified, made them well affected, returned to An´ti-och. Thus it went touching the king's coming and departing.
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King James Version 1611, spelling, punctuation and text formatting modernized by ABS in 1962; typesetting © 2010 American Bible Society.