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CHAPTER EIGHT OF THE THIRD BOOK OF MACCABAEES

The exploits of Judas. His victory over Nicanor.

Jason’s cruelties, and death. Antiochus defeats the Jews and plunders the temple.

Jason is made high priest. He introduces Gentile fashions. He is supplanted hy Menelaus. The murder of Onias.

John defeats Cendebceus. Simon and his sons are slain treacherously by Ptolemy son of Abubus.

The acts and honours of Simon. Antiochus defeats Tryphon: and sends Cendebaeus into Judea.

The good deeds of Simon. His fame. Renewal of the league by the Romans and Lacedaemonians.

Simon made captain. His acts. Jonathan’s death, burial, and monument. Tryphon seizes the kingdom.

Jonathan renews the league with the Romans and Lacedaemonians. He is made prisoner hy Tryphon.

The death of Alexander, and of Ptolemy. The exploits of Jonathan.

The negociations of Alexander and Demetrius with Jonathan. The death of Demetrius.