Category Archives: 1 Maccabees

1 And Demetrius heard that Nicanor was fallen with his forces in battle, and he sent Bacchides and Alcimus again into the land of Judah a second time, and the right wingof his armywith them: 2 and they went by the way that leads to Gilgal, and encamped against Mesaloth, which is in Arbela, and […]

1 And the king of Egypt gathered together great forces, as the sand which is by the sea shore, and many ships, and sought to make himself master of Alexander’s kingdom by deceit, and to add it to his own kingdom. 2 And he went forth into Syria with words of peace, and they of […]

1 And Jonathan saw that the time served him, and he chose men, and sent them to Rome, to confirm and renew the friendship that they had with them. 2 And to the Spartans, and to other places, he sent letters after the same manner. 3 And they went to Rome, and entered into the […]

1 And John went up from Gazara, and told Simon his father what Cendebaeus was doing. 2 And Simon called his two oldest sons, Judas and John, and said to them, I and my brethren and my father’s house have fought the battles of Israel from our youth, even to this day; and things have […]