An account of the beginning of the power of the Romans, and of the enlargement of their empire.
CHAPTER TWELVE OF THE FIFTH BOOK OF MACCABEES
CHAPTER TWELVE OF THE FIFTH BOOK OF MACCABEES
People of the World where are you going? Turn back to God! Back to your faithful principles!
New Covenant Israelite! "And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee." Rom 11:11 -18
CHAPTER TWELVE OF THE FIFTH BOOK OF MACCABEES
An account of the beginning of the power of the Romans, and of the enlargement of their empire.
CHAPTER ELEVEN OF THE FIFTH BOOK OF MACCABEES
The relation of the battle between Judas and Lysias the general of Eupator, after the death of king Antiochus
CHAPTER TEN OF THE FIFTH BOOK OF MACCABEES
The history of Judas’ battles with Gorgias and Ptolemy.
CHAPTER NINE OF THE FIFTH BOOK OF MACCABEES
The history of the eight days of dedication.
CHAPTER EIGHT OF THE FIFTH BOOK OF MACCABEES
The relation of Antiochus’ return, and of his going into the land of Judah, and of the disease which fell on him, of which he died in his journey.
CHAPTER SEVEN OF THE FIFTH BOOK OF MACCABEES
The account of the death of Mattathias, and the acts of Judas his son after him.
CHAPTER SIX OF THE FIFTH BOOK OF MACCABEES
The history of Mattathias the high priest, the son of Jochanan, who is the son of Hesmaib the priest.
CHAPTER FIVE OF THE FIFTH BOOK OF MACCABEES
The history of the death of the seven brethren.
CHAPTER FOUR OF THE FIFTH BOOK OF MACCABEES
The history of the death of Eleazar the priest.
CHAPTER THREE OF THE FIFTH BOOK OF MACCABEES
The history of the Jews. A relation of what befell the Jews under king Antiochus; and what battles took place between them and his captains; and to what lengths he at last proceeded.