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and the Jews, whom he had not considered worth burying but had planned to throw out with their children to the beasts, for the birds to pick, he would make, all of them, equal to citizens of Athens; (2 Maccabees 9, 15)
But when his sufferings did not in any way abate, for the judgment of God had justly come upon him, he gave up all hope for himself and wrote to the Jews the following letter, in the form of a supplication. This was its content: (2 Maccabees 9, 18)
They decreed by public ordinance and vote that the whole nation of the Jews should observe these days every year. (2 Maccabees 10, 8)
Ptolemy, who was called Macron, took the lead in showing justice to the Jews because of the wrong that had been done to them, and attempted to maintain peaceful relations with them. (2 Maccabees 10, 12)
When Gorgias became governor of the region, he maintained a force of mercenaries, and at every turn kept on warring against the Jews. (2 Maccabees 10, 14)
Besides this, the Idumeans, who had control of important strongholds, were harassing the Jews; they received those who were banished from Jerusalem, and endeavored to keep up the war. (2 Maccabees 10, 15)
Now Timothy, who had been defeated by the Jews before, gathered a tremendous force of mercenaries and collected the cavalry from Asia in no small number. He came on, intending to take Judea by storm. (2 Maccabees 10, 24)
When the battle became fierce, there appeared to the enemy from heaven five resplendent men on horses with golden bridles, and they were leading the Jews. (2 Maccabees 10, 29)
gathered about eighty thousand men and all his cavalry and came against the Jews. He intended to make the city a home for Greeks, (2 Maccabees 11, 2)
Maccabeus, having regard for the common good, agreed to all that Lysias urged. For the king granted every request in behalf of the Jews which Maccabeus delivered to Lysias in writing. (2 Maccabees 11, 15)
The letter written to the Jews by Lysias was to this effect: "Lysias to the people of the Jews, greeting. (2 Maccabees 11, 16)
We have heard that the Jews do not consent to our father's change to Greek customs but prefer their own way of living and ask that their own customs be allowed them. (2 Maccabees 11, 24)