thither, he found an hollow cave,
wherein he laid the tabernacle, and the ark, and the altar of
incense, and so stopped the door.

2 Mac 2:6
And some of those that followed him came to mark the way, but
they could not find it.

2 Mac 2:7
Which when Jeremy perceived, he blamed them, saying, As for
that place, it shall be unknown until the time that God gather
his people again together, and receive them unto mercy.

2 Mac 2:8
Then shall the Lord shew them these things, and the glory of
the Lord shall appear, and the cloud also, as it was shewed
under Moses, and as when Solomon desired that the place might be
honourably sanctified.

2 Mac 2:9
It was also declared, that he being wise offered the
sacrifice of dedication, and of the finishing of the temple.

2 Mac 2:10
And as when Moses prayed unto the Lord, the fire came down
from heaven, and consumed the sacrifices: even so prayed Solomon
also, and the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt
offerings.

2 Mac 2:11
And Moses said, Because the sin offering was not to be eaten,
it was consumed.

2 Mac 2:12
So Solomon kept those eight days.

2 Mac 2:13
The same things also were reported in the writings and
commentaries of Neemias; and how he founding a library gathered
together the acts of the kings, and the prophets, and of David,
and the epistles of the kings concerning the holy gifts.

2 Mac 2:14
In like manner also Judas gathered together all those things
that were lost by reason of the war we had, and they remain with
us,

2 Mac 2:15
Wherefore if ye have need thereof, send some to fetch them
unto you.

2 Mac 2:16
Whereas we then are about to celebrate the purification, we
have written unto you, and ye shall do well, if ye keep the same
days.

2 Mac 2:17
We hope also, that the God, that delivered all his people,
and gave them all an heritage, and the kingdom, and the
priesthood, and the sanctuary,

2 Mac 2:18
As he promised in the law, will shortly have mercy upon us,
and gather us together out of every land under heaven into the
holy place: for he hath delivered us out of great troubles, and
hath purified the place.

2 Mac 2:19
Now as concerning Judas Maccabeus, and his brethren, and the
purification of the great temple, and the dedication of the
altar,

2 Mac 2:20
And the wars against Antiochus Epiphanes, and Eupator his
son,

2 Mac 2:21
And the manifest signs that came from heaven unto those that
behaved themselves manf