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[1] Now about this time Antiochus made his second invasion into Egypt. [2] It happened that throughout all the city, for almost forty days, cavalry appeared in the midst of the sky in swift motion, wearing robes woven with gold and carrying spears, equipped with troops for battle— [3] drawing swords, squadrons of cavalry in array, encounters and pursuits of both armies, shaking shields, multitudes of lances, throwing of missiles, flashing of golden trappings, and putting on all sorts of armor. [4] Therefore everyone prayed that the manifestation might have been given for good. [5] When a false rumor had arisen that Antiochus was dead, Jason took not less than a thousand men, and suddenly made an assault upon the city. When those who were on the wall were being routed, and the city was at length nearly taken, Menelaus took refuge in the citadel. [6] But Jason slaughtered his own citizens without mercy, not considering that good success against kinsmen is the greatest misfortune, but supposing himself to be setting up trophies over enemies, and not over fellow countrymen. [7] He didn’t win control of the government, but receiving shame as the result of his conspiracy, he fled again as a fugitive into the country of the Ammonites. [8] At last therefore he met with a miserable end. Having been imprisoned at the court of Aretas the prince of the Arabians, fleeing from city to city, pursued by all men, hated as a rebel against the laws, and abhorred as the executioner of his country and his fellow citizens, he was cast ashore in Egypt. [9] He who had driven many from their own country into exile perished in exile, having crossed the sea to the Lacedaemonians, hoping to find shelter there because they wereⓘ near of kin. [10] He who had thrown out a multitude unburied had none to mourn for him. He didn’t have any funeral at all and no place in the tomb of his ancestors. [11] Now when news came to the king concerning that which was done, he thought that Judea was in revolt. So, setting out from Egypt in a rage, he took the city by force of weapons, [12] and commanded his soldiers to cut down without mercy those who came in their way, and to kill those who went into their houses. [13] Then there was killing of young and old, destruction of boys, women, and children, and slaying of virgins and infants. [14] In a total of three days, eighty thousand were destroyed, of which forty thousand were slain in close combat, and no fewer were sold into slavery than slain. [15] Not content with this, he presumed to enter into the most holy temple of all the earth, having Menelaus for his guide (who had proved himself a traitor both to the laws and to his country), [16] even taking the sacred vessels with his polluted hands, and dragging down with his profane hands the offerings that had been dedicated by other kings to enhance the glory and honor of the place. [17] Antiochus was lifted up in mind, not seeing that because of the sins of those who lived in the city the Sovereign Lord had been provoked to anger a little while, and therefore his eye was turned away from the place. [18] But had it not been so that they were already bound by many sins, this man, even as Heliodorus who was sent by King Seleucus to view the treasury, would, as soon as he came forward, have been scourged and turned back from his daring deed. [19] However the Lord didn’t choose the nation for the place’s sake, but the place for the nation’s sake. [20] Therefore also the place itself, having shared in the calamities that happened to the nation, did afterward share in its benefits; and the place which was forsaken in the wrath of the Almighty was, at the reconciliation of the great Sovereign, restored again with all glory. [21] As for Antiochus, when he had carried away out of the temple one thousand eight hundred talents, he hurried away to Antioch, thinking in his arrogance that he could sail on land and walk on the sea, because his heart was lifted up. [22] Moreover he left governors to afflict the race: at Jerusalem, Philip, by race a Phrygian, and in character more barbarous than him who set him there; [23] and at Gerizim, Andronicus; and besides these, Menelaus, who worse than all the rest, exalted himself against his fellow citizens. Having a malicious mind‡ toward the Jewsⓘ whom he had made his citizens, [24] he sent that§ lord of pollutions Apollonius with an army of twenty-two thousand, commanding him to kill all those who were of full age, and to sell the women and the boys as slaves. [25] He came to Jerusalem, and pretending to be a man of peace, waited till the holy day of the Sabbath, and finding the Jews at rest from work, he commanded his men to parade fully armed. [26] He put to the sword all those who came out to the spectacle. Running into the city with the armed men, he killed great multitudes. [27] But Judas, who is also called Maccabaeus, with about nine others, withdrew himself, and with his company kept himself alive in the mountains like wild animals do. They continued feeding on what grew wild, that they might not be partakers of the defilement.

Footnotes

  1. ⓘ 5:9 See .
  2. ‡ 5:23a Some authorities read toward the Jews, he sent. The Greek text of this sentence is uncertain.
  3. ⓘ 5:23b Compare ; 9:19.
  4. § 5:24 Gr. Μυσάρχην, which also may mean ruler of the Mysians.
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[1] Περὶ G4012 δὲ G1161 τὸν G3588 καιρὸν G2540 τοῦτον G5126 τὴν G3588 δευτέραν G1208 ἔφοδον ὁ G3588 Ἀντίοχος εἰς G1519 Αἴγυπτον G125 ἐστείλατο. G4724 [2] Συνέβη G4819 δὲ G1161 καθ’ G2596 ὅλην G3650 τὴν G3588 πόλιν G4172 σχεδὸν G4975 ἐφ’ G1909 ἡμέρας G2250 τεσσαράκοντα G5062 φαίνεσθαι G5316 διὰ G1223 τῶν G3588 ἀέρων G109 τρέχοντας G5143 ἱππεῖς G2460 διαχρύσους στολὰς G4749 ἔχοντας G2192 καὶ G2532 λόγχας G3057 σπειρηδὸν ἐξωπλισμένους καὶ G2532 μαχαιρῶν G3162 σπασμοὺς [3] καὶ G2532 ἴλας ἵππων G2462 διατεταγμένας G1299 καὶ G2532 προσβολὰς γινομένας G1096 καὶ G2532 καταδρομὰς ἑκατέρων καὶ G2532 ἀσπίδων κινήσεις G2796 καὶ G2532 καμάκων πλήθη G4128 καὶ G2532 βελῶν G956 βολὰς G1000 καὶ G2532 χρυσέων G5552 κόσμων G2889 ἐκλάμψεις καὶ G2532 παντοίους θωρακισμούς. [4] Διὸ G1352 πάντες G3956 ἠξίουν G515 ἐπ’ G1909 ἀγαθῷ G18 τὴν G3588 ἐπιφάνειαν G2015 γεγενῆσθαι. G1096 [5] Γενομένης G1096 δὲ G1161 λαλιᾶς G2981 ψευδοῦς G5571 ὡς G5613 μετηλλαχότος G3337 Ἀντιόχου τὸν G3588 βίον G979 παραλαβὼν G3880 ὁ G3588 Ἰάσων G2394 οὐκ G3756 ἐλάττους G1640 τῶν G3588 χιλίων G5507 αἰφνιδίως ἐπὶ G1909 τὴν G3588 πόλιν G4172 συνετελέσατο G4931 ἐπίθεσιν· G1936 τῶν G3588 δὲ G1161 ἐπὶ G1909 τῷ G3588 τείχει G5038 συνελασθέντων G4900 καὶ G2532 τέλος G5056 ἤδη G2235 καταλαμβανομένης G2638 τῆς G3588 πόλεως G4172 ὁ G3588 Μενέλαος εἰς G1519 τὴν G3588 ἀκρόπολιν ἐφυγάδευσεν. [6] Ὁ G3588 δὲ G1161 Ἰάσων G2394 ἐποιεῖτο G4160 σφαγὰς G4967 τῶν G3588 πολιτῶν G4177 τῶν G3588 ἰδίων G2398 ἀφειδῶς οὐ G3756 συννοῶν τὴν G3588 εἰς G1519 τοὺς G3588 συγγενεῖς G4773 εὐημερίαν δυσημερίαν εἶναι G1511 τὴν G3588 μεγίστην, G3176 δοκῶν G1380 δὲ G1161 πολεμίων καὶ G2532 οὐχ G3756 ὁμοεθνῶν τρόπαια καταβάλλεσθαι. G2598 [7] Τῆς G3588 μὲν G3303 ἀρχῆς G746 οὐκ G3756 ἐκράτησεν, G2902 τὸ G3588 δὲ G1161 τέλος G5056 τῆς G3588 ἐπιβουλῆς G1917 αἰσχύνην G152 λαβὼν G2983 φυγὰς πάλιν G3825 εἰς G1519 τὴν G3588 Αμμανῖτιν ἀπῆλθεν. G565 [8] Πέρας G4009 οὖν G3767 κακῆς G2556 καταστροφῆς G2692 ἔτυχεν. G5177 Ἐγκληθεὶς G1458 πρὸς G4314 Ἀρέταν G702 τὸν G3588 τῶν G3588 Ἀράβων G690 τύραννον πόλιν G4172 ἐκ G1537 πόλεως G4172 φεύγων G5343 διωκόμενος G1377 ὑπὸ G5259 πάντων G3956 στυγούμενος ὡς G5613 τῶν G3588 νόμων G3551 ἀποστάτης καὶ G2532 βδελυσσόμενος G948 ὡς G5613 πατρίδος G3968 καὶ G2532 πολιτῶν G4177 δήμιος εἰς G1519 Αἴγυπτον G125 ἐξεβράσθη, [9] καὶ G2532 ὁ G3588 συχνοὺς τῆς G3588 πατρίδος G3968 ἀποξενώσας ἐπὶ G1909 ξένης G3581 ἀπώλετο G622 πρὸς G4314 Λακεδαιμονίους ἀναχθεὶς G321 ὡς G5613 διὰ G1223 τὴν G3588 συγγένειαν G4772 τευξόμενος G5177 σκέπης. [10] Καὶ G2532 ὁ G3588 πλῆθος G4128 ἀτάφων ἐκρίψας ἀπένθητος ἐγενήθη G1096 καὶ G2532 κηδείας οὐδ’ G3761 ἡστινοσοῦν οὔτε G3777 πατρῴου G3971 τάφου G5028 μετέσχεν. G3348 [11] Προσπεσόντων G4363 δὲ G1161 τῷ G3588 βασιλεῖ G935 περὶ G4012 τῶν G3588 γεγονότων G1096 διέλαβεν ἀποστατεῖν τὴν G3588 Ιουδαίαν· G2449 ὅθεν G3606 ἀναζεύξας ἐξ G1537 Αἰγύπτου G125 τεθηριωμένος τῇ G3588 ψυχῇ G5590 ἔλαβεν G2983 τὴν G3588 μὲν G3303 πόλιν G4172 δοριάλωτον [12] καὶ G2532 ἐκέλευσεν G2753 τοῖς G3588 στρατιώταις G4757 κόπτειν G2875 ἀφειδῶς τοὺς G3588 ἐμπίπτοντας G1706 καὶ G2532 τοὺς G3588 εἰς G1519 τὰς G3588 οἰκίας G3614 ἀναβαίνοντας G305 κατασφάζειν. G2695 [13] Ἐγίνετο G1096 δὲ G1161 νέων G3501 καὶ G2532 πρεσβυτέρων G4245 ἀναίρεσις, G336 ἀνήβων τε G5037 καὶ G2532 γυναικῶν G1135 καὶ G2532 τέκνων G5043 ἀφανισμός, G854 παρθένων G3933 τε G5037 καὶ G2532 νηπίων G3516 σφαγαί. G4967 [14] Ὀκτὼ G3638 δὲ G1161 μυριάδες G3461 ἐν G1722 ταῖς G3588 πάσαις G3956 ἡμέραις G2250 τρισὶν G5140 κατεφθάρησαν, G2704 τέσσαρες G5064 μὲν G3303 ἐν G1722 χειρῶν G5495 νομαῖς, G3542 οὐχ G3756 ἧττον G2276 δὲ G1161 τῶν G3588 ἐσφαγμένων G4969 ἐπράθησαν. G4097 [15] Οὐκ G3756 ἀρκεσθεὶς G714 δὲ G1161 τούτοις G5125 κατετόλμησεν εἰς G1519 τὸ G3588 πάσης G3956 τῆς G3588 γῆς G1093 ἁγιώτατον ἱερὸν G2411 εἰσελθεῖν G1525 ὁδηγὸν G3595 ἔχων G2192 τὸν G3588 Μενέλαον τὸν G3588 καὶ G2532 τῶν G3588 νόμων G3551 καὶ G2532 τῆς G3588 πατρίδος G3968 προδότην G4273 γεγονότα G1096 [16] καὶ G2532 ταῖς G3588 μιαραῖς χερσὶν G5495 τὰ G3588 ἱερὰ G2413 σκεύη G4632 λαμβάνων G2983 καὶ G2532 τὰ G3588 ὑπ’ G5259 ἄλλων G243 βασιλέων G935 ἀνατεθέντα G394 πρὸς G4314 αὔξησιν G838 καὶ G2532 δόξαν G1391 τοῦ G3588 τόπου G5117 καὶ G2532 τιμὴν G5092 ταῖς G3588 βεβήλοις G952 χερσὶν G5495 συσσύρων. [17] Καὶ G2532 ἐμετεωρίζετο G3349 τὴν G3588 διάνοιαν G1271 ὁ G3588 Ἀντίοχος οὐ G3756 συνορῶν ὅτι G3754 διὰ G1223 τὰς G3588 ἁμαρτίας G266 τῶν G3588 τὴν G3588 πόλιν G4172 οἰκούντων G3611 ἀπώργισται βραχέως ὁ G3588 δεσπότης, G1203 διὸ G1352 γέγονεν G1096 περὶ G4012 τὸν G3588 τόπον G5117 παρόρασις. [18] Εἰ G1487 δὲ G1161 μὴ G3361 συνέβη G4819 προσενέχεσθαι πολλοῖς G4183 ἁμαρτήμασιν, G265 καθάπερ G2509 ἦν G2258 ὁ G3588 Ἡλιόδωρος ὁ G3588 πεμφθεὶς G3992 ὑπὸ G5259 Σελεύκου τοῦ G3588 βασιλέως G935 ἐπὶ G1909 τὴν G3588 ἐπίσκεψιν τοῦ G3588 γαζοφυλακίου, G1049 οὗτος G3778 προαχθεὶς G4254 παραχρῆμα G3916 μαστιγωθεὶς G3146 ἀνετράπη G396 τοῦ G3588 θράσους. [19] Ἀλλ’ G235 οὐ G3756 διὰ G1223 τὸν G3588 τόπον G5117 τὸ G3588 ἔθνος, G1484 ἀλλὰ G235 διὰ G1223 τὸ G3588 ἔθνος G1484 τὸν G3588 τόπον G5117 ὁ G3588 κύριος G2962 ἐξελέξατο. G1586 [20] Διόπερ G1355 καὶ G2532 αὐτὸς G846 ὁ G3588 τόπος G5117 συμμετασχὼν τῶν G3588 τοῦ G3588 ἔθνους G1484 δυσπετημάτων γενομένων G1096 ὕστερον G5305 εὐεργετημάτων ἐκοινώνησεν, G2841 καὶ G2532 ὁ G3588 καταλειφθεὶς G2641 ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 τοῦ G3588 παντοκράτορος G3841 ὀργῇ G3709 πάλιν G3825 ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 τοῦ G3588 μεγάλου G3173 δεσπότου G1203 καταλλαγῇ G2643 μετὰ G3326 πάσης G3956 δόξης G1391 ἐπανωρθώθη. [21] Ὁ G3588 γοῦν Ἀντίοχος ὀκτακόσια πρὸς G4314 τοῖς G3588 χιλίοις G5507 ἀπενεγκάμενος G667 ἐκ G1537 τοῦ G3588 ἱεροῦ G2411 τάλαντα G5007 θᾶττον G5036 εἰς G1519 τὴν G3588 Ἀντιόχειαν G490 ἐχωρίσθη G5563 οἰόμενος G3633 ἀπὸ G575 τῆς G3588 ὑπερηφανίας G5243 τὴν G3588 μὲν G3303 γῆν G1093 πλωτὴν καὶ G2532 τὸ G3588 πέλαγος G3989 πορευτὸν θέσθαι G5087 διὰ G1223 τὸν G3588 μετεωρισμὸν τῆς G3588 καρδίας. G2588 [22] Κατέλιπεν G2641 δὲ G1161 καὶ G2532 ἐπιστάτας G1988 τοῦ G3588 κακοῦν G2559 τὸ G3588 γένος, G1085 ἐν G1722 μὲν G3303 Ιεροσολύμοις G2414 Φίλιππον, G5376 τὸ G3588 μὲν G3303 γένος G1085 Φρύγα, τὸν G3588 δὲ G1161 τρόπον G5158 βαρβαρώτερον G915 ἔχοντα G2192 τοῦ G3588 καταστήσαντος, G2525 [23] ἐν G1722 δὲ G1161 Γαριζιν Ἀνδρόνικον, G408 πρὸς G4314 δὲ G1161 τούτοις G5125 Μενέλαον, ὃς G3739 χείριστα G5501 τῶν G3588 ἄλλων G243 ὑπερῄρετο G5229 τοῖς G3588 πολίταις, G4177 ἀπεχθῆ δὲ G1161 πρὸς G4314 τοὺς G3588 πολίτας G4177 Ιουδαίους G2453 ἔχων G2192 διάθεσιν. [24] Ἔπεμψεν G3992 δὲ G1161 τὸν G3588 Μυσάρχην Ἀπολλώνιον μετὰ G3326 στρατεύματος, G4753 δισμυρίους δὲ G1161 πρὸς G4314 τοῖς G3588 δισχιλίοις, G1367 προστάξας G4367 τοὺς G3588 ἐν G1722 ἡλικίᾳ G2244 πάντας G3956 κατασφάξαι, G2695 τὰς G3588 δὲ G1161 γυναῖκας G1135 καὶ G2532 τοὺς G3588 νεωτέρους G3501 πωλεῖν. G4453 [25] Οὗτος G3778 δὲ G1161 παραγενόμενος G3854 εἰς G1519 Ιεροσόλυμα G2414 καὶ G2532 τὸν G3588 εἰρηνικὸν G1516 ὑποκριθεὶς G5271 ἐπέσχεν G1907 ἕως G2193 τῆς G3588 ἁγίας G40 ἡμέρας G2250 τοῦ G3588 σαββάτου G4521 καὶ G2532 λαβὼν G2983 ἀργοῦντας G691 τοὺς G3588 Ιουδαίους G2453 τοῖς G3588 ὑφ’ G5259 ἑαυτὸν G1438 ἐξοπλησίαν παρήγγειλεν G3853 [26] καὶ G2532 τοὺς G3588 ἐξελθόντας G1831 πάντας G3956 ἐπὶ G1909 τὴν G3588 θεωρίαν G2335 συνεξεκέντησεν καὶ G2532 εἰς G1519 τὴν G3588 πόλιν G4172 σὺν G4862 τοῖς G3588 ὅπλοις G3696 εἰσδραμὼν G1532 ἱκανὰ G2425 κατέστρωσεν G2693 πλήθη. G4128 [27] Ιουδας G2455 δὲ G1161 ὁ G3588 καὶ G2532 Μακκαβαῖος δέκατός G1182 που G4225 γενηθεὶς G1096 καὶ G2532 ἀναχωρήσας G402 εἰς G1519 τὴν G3588 ἔρημον G2048 θηρίων G2342 τρόπον G5158 ἐν G1722 τοῖς G3588 ὄρεσιν G3735 διέζη σὺν G4862 τοῖς G3588 μετ’ G3326 αὐτοῦ, G846 καὶ G2532 τὴν G3588 χορτώδη τροφὴν G5160 σιτούμενοι διετέλουν G1300 πρὸς G4314 τὸ G3588 μὴ G3361 μετασχεῖν G3348 τοῦ G3588 μολυσμοῦ. G3436
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