Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For Antiochus, with his friends, came to the place as though he would marry her, and that he might receive great sums of money under the title of a dowry. 2 Maccabees 1:12For he made numbers of men swarm out of Persia, that have fought against us, and the holy city. 2 Maccabees 1:13 For when the leader himself was in Persia, and with him a very great army, he fell in the temple of Nanea, being deceived by the counsel of the priests of Nanea. 2 Maccabees 1:15 And when the priests of Nanea had set it forth, and he with a small company had entered into the compass of the temple, they shut the temple, 2 Maccabees 1:16 When Antiochus was come in: and opening a secret entrance of the temple, they cast stones and slew the leader, and them that were with him, and hewed them in pieces; and cutting off their heads, they threw them forth. Context 2 Maccabees 1…13For when the leader himself was in Persia, and with him a very great army, he fell in the temple of Nanea, being deceived by the counsel of the priests of Nanea. 14For Antiochus, with his friends, came to the place as though he would marry her, and that he might receive great sums of money under the title of a dowry. 15And when the priests of Nanea had set it forth, and he with a small company had entered into the compass of the temple, they shut the temple,… Cross References 2 Maccabees 1:12 For he made numbers of men swarm out of Persia, that have fought against us, and the holy city. 2 Maccabees 1:13 For when the leader himself was in Persia, and with him a very great army, he fell in the temple of Nanea, being deceived by the counsel of the priests of Nanea. 2 Maccabees 1:15 And when the priests of Nanea had set it forth, and he with a small company had entered into the compass of the temple, they shut the temple, 2 Maccabees 1:16 When Antiochus was come in: and opening a secret entrance of the temple, they cast stones and slew the leader, and them that were with him, and hewed them in pieces; and cutting off their heads, they threw them forth. |