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. 1:16

Trivia: Who created the first and only library mentioned in the Bible?

2 Machabees : Boring stuff (7)

  1. A letter from the Jews in Jerusalem to the Jews in Egypt 1:1-6
  2. Another letter 1:10-36
  3. A letter from Lysias to the Jews 11:16-21
  4. A letter from King Antiochus to Lysias 11:22-26
  5. A letter from King Antiochus to the Jews 11:27-33
  6. A letter from the Romans to the Jews 11:34-38
  7. Violence on the sabbath day 15:1-10

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