with which Nehemias and they that were
with him had purified the sacrifices.

1:34. And the king considering, and diligently examining the matter,
made a temple for it, that he might prove what had happened.

A temple... That is, an enclosure, or a wall round about the place where
the fire was hid, to separate it from profane uses, to the end that it
might be respected as a holy place.

1:35. And when he had proved it, he gave the priests many goods, and
divers presents, and he took and distributed them to them with his own
hand.

1:36. And Nehemias called this place Nephthar, which is interpreted
purification. But many call it Nephi.

2 Machabees Chapter 2

A continuation of the second letter. Of Jeremias' hiding the ark at the
time of the captivity. The author's preface.

2:1. Now it is found in the descriptions of Jeremias, the prophet, that
he commanded them that went into captivity, to take the fire, as it hath
been signified, and how he gave charge to them that were carried away
into captivity.

The descriptions... That is, the records or memoirs of Jeremias, a work
that is now lost.

2:2. And how he gave them the law, that they should not forget the
commandments of the Lord, and that they should not err in their minds,
seeing the idols of gold, and silver, and the ornaments of them.

2:3. And with other such like speeches, he exhorted them that they would
not remove the law from their heart.

2:4. It was also contained in the same writing, how the prophet, being
warned by God, commanded that the tabernacle and the ark should
accompany him, till he came forth to the mountain where Moses went up,
and saw the inheritance of God.

2:5. And when Jeremias came thither he found a hollow cave: and he
carried in thither the tabernacle, and the ark, and the altar of
incense, and so stopped the door.

2:6 .Then some of them that followed him, came up to mark the place: but
they could not find it.

2:7. And when Jeremias perceived it, he blamed them, saying: The place
shall be unknown, till God gather together the congregation of the
people, and receive them to mercy.

2:8. And then the Lord will shew these things, and the majesty of the
Lord shall appear, and there shall be a cloud as it was also shewed to
Moses, and he shewed it when Solomon prayed that the place might be
sanctified to the great God.

2:9. For he treated wisdom in a magnificent manner: and like a wise man,
he offered the sacrifice of