Treasury of Scripture Knowledge In the year one hundred and eighty-eight, the people that is at Jerusalem, and in Judea, and the senate, and Judas, to Aristobolus, the preceptor of king Ptolemee, who is of the stock of the anointed priests, and to the Jews that are in Egypt, health and welfare. 2 Maccabees 1:8They burnt the gate, and shed innocent blood: then we prayed to the Lord, and were heard, and we offered sacrifices, and fine flour, and lighted the lamps, and set forth the loaves. 2 Maccabees 1:9 And now celebrate ye the days of Scenopegia in the month of Casleu. 2 Maccabees 1:11 Having been delivered by God out of great dangers, we give him great thanks, forasmuch as we have been in war with such a king. 2 Maccabees 1:12 For he made numbers of men swarm out of Persia, that have fought against us, and the holy city. Context 2 Maccabees 1…9And now celebrate ye the days of Scenopegia in the month of Casleu. 10In the year one hundred and eighty-eight, the people that is at Jerusalem, and in Judea, and the senate, and Judas, to Aristobolus, the preceptor of king Ptolemee, who is of the stock of the anointed priests, and to the Jews that are in Egypt, health and welfare. 11Having been delivered by God out of great dangers, we give him great thanks, forasmuch as we have been in war with such a king.… Cross References 2 Maccabees 1:8 They burnt the gate, and shed innocent blood: then we prayed to the Lord, and were heard, and we offered sacrifices, and fine flour, and lighted the lamps, and set forth the loaves. 2 Maccabees 1:9 And now celebrate ye the days of Scenopegia in the month of Casleu. 2 Maccabees 1:11 Having been delivered by God out of great dangers, we give him great thanks, forasmuch as we have been in war with such a king. 2 Maccabees 1:12 For he made numbers of men swarm out of Persia, that have fought against us, and the holy city. |