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CHAPTER FOURTEEN OF THE SECOND BOOK OF MACCABAEES

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 death of Judas. Also, of John. Jonathan is made captain. The death of Alcimus.

The wars of Judas with Bacchides, Alcimus, and Nicanor. Nicanor’s deaths

The wars of Judas. The sanctuary cleansed. We learn where Hanukkah (Feast of Light)comes from.

THE HISTORY OF ABOUT FORTY YEARS, VIZ. FROM 175 TO 135 BEFORE CHRIST.

CONTAINING THE HISTORY OF ABOUT FORTY YEARS, VIZ. FROM 175 TO 135 BEFORE CHRIST.

Ptolemy’s letter infavour of the Jews. Their happy re- turn home.