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And Simon called in his two older sons Judas and John, and said to them: "I and my brothers and the house of my father have fought the wars of Israel from our youth until this day, and things have prospered in our hands so that we have delivered Israel many times. (1 Maccabees 16, 2)
But some one ran ahead and reported to John at Gazara that his father and brothers had perished, and that "he has sent men to kill you also." (1 Maccabees 16, 21)
The story of Judas Maccabeus and his brothers, and the purification of the great temple, and the dedication of the altar, (2 Maccabees 2, 19)
It happened also that seven brothers and their mother were arrested and were being compelled by the king, under torture with whips and cords, to partake of unlawful swine's flesh. (2 Maccabees 7, 1)
These were heated immediately, and he commanded that the tongue of their spokesman be cut out and that they scalp him and cut off his hands and feet, while the rest of the brothers and the mother looked on. (2 Maccabees 7, 4)
When he was utterly helpless, the king ordered them to take him to the fire, still breathing, and to fry him in a pan. The smoke from the pan spread widely, but the brothers and their mother encouraged one another to die nobly, saying, (2 Maccabees 7, 5)
Do not fear this butcher, but prove worthy of your brothers. Accept death, so that in God's mercy I may get you back again with your brothers." (2 Maccabees 7, 29)
For our brothers after enduring a brief suffering have drunk of everflowing life under God's covenant; but you, by the judgment of God, will receive just punishment for your arrogance. (2 Maccabees 7, 36)
I, like my brothers, give up body and life for the laws of our fathers, appealing to God to show mercy soon to our nation and by afflictions and plagues to make you confess that he alone is God, (2 Maccabees 7, 37)
and through me and my brothers to bring to an end the wrath of the Almighty which has justly fallen on our whole nation." (2 Maccabees 7, 38)
He appointed his brothers also, Simon and Joseph and Jonathan, each to command a division, putting fifteen hundred men under each. (2 Maccabees 8, 22)
Maccabeus left Simon and Joseph, and also Zacchaeus and his men, a force sufficient to besiege them; and he himself set off for places where he was more urgently needed. (2 Maccabees 10, 19)