to the king, that
he should send him an host to aid him, and he would deliver him
the country and cities.

1 Mac 16:19
He sent others also to Gazera to kill John: and unto the
tribunes he sent letters to come unto him, that he might give
them silver, and gold, and rewards.

1 Mac 16:20
And others he sent to take Jerusalem, and the mountain of the
temple.

1 Mac 16:21
Now one had run afore to Gazera and told John that his father
and brethren were slain, and, quoth he, Ptolemee hath sent to
slay thee also.

1 Mac 16:22
Hereof when he heard, he was sore astonished: so he laid
hands on them that were come to destroy him, and slew them; for
he knew that they sought to make him away.

1 Mac 16:23
As concerning the rest of the acts of John, and his wars, and
worthy deeds which he did, and the building of the walls which
he made, and his doings,

1 Mac 16:24
Behold, these are written in the chronicles of his
priesthood, from the time he was made high priest after his
father.

The Second Book of the Maccabees

2 Mac 1:1
The brethren, the Jews that be at Jerusalem and in the land
of Judea, wish unto the brethren, the Jews that are throughout
Egypt health and peace:

2 Mac 1:2
God be gracious unto you, and remember his covenant that he
made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, his faithful servants;

2 Mac 1:3
And give you all an heart to serve him, and to do his will,
with a good courage and a willing mind;

2 Mac 1:4
And open your hearts in his law and commandments, and send
you peace,

2 Mac 1:5
And hear your prayers, and be at one with you, and never
forsake you in time of trouble.

2 Mac 1:6
And now we be here praying for you.

2 Mac 1:7
What time as Demetrius reigned, in the hundred threescore and
ninth year, we the Jews wrote unto you in the extremity of
trouble that came upon us in those years, from the time that
Jason and his company revolted from the holy land and kingdom,

2 Mac 1:8
And burned the porch, and shed innocent blood: then we prayed
unto the Lord, and were heard; we offered also sacrifices and
fine flour, and lighted the lamps, and set forth the loaves.

2 Mac 1:9
And now see that ye keep the feast of tabernacles in the
month Casleu.

2 Mac 1:10
In the hundred fourscore and eighth year, the people that
were at Jerusalem and in Judea, and the council, and Judas, sent
greeting and health unto Aristobulus, king Ptolemeus' master,
who was of the stock of the anointed