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 1  PreNAB                    |       original Hebrew text of 1 Maccabees is replaced by its oldest
 2  PreNAB                    |        form in Greek. Judith, 2 Maccabees, and parts of Esther are
 3  PreNAB                    |     Historical Books, Samuel to Maccabees, in 1969. In the present
 4     His                    |         Ezra, Nehemiah, 1 and 2 Maccabees. To these are added the
 5     His                    |      Tobit, Judith, and 1 and 2 Maccabees, as well as parts of Esther,
 6     His,    0    0:   23   |                         1 and 2 Maccabees contain independent accounts
 7     His,    0    0:   23   |     independence of the Jews. 1 Maccabees portrays God as the eternal
 8     His,    0    0:   23   |        law he has given them. 2 Maccabees, besides supplementing the
 9     His,    0    0:   23   |        are oppressed.~Samuel to Maccabees demonstrates that before
10     His, 1Mac              |                               1 Maccabees~
11     His, 1Mac  Int         |         applied in the Books of Maccabees to only one man, Judas,
12     His, 1Mac  Int         |       Macc 7).~The two Books of Maccabees, placed last in the Douai
13     His, 1Mac  Int         |     independence of the Jews.~1 Maccabees was written about 100 B.C.,
14     His, 1Mac  Int         |  developments which appear in 2 Maccabees and Daniel. The people of
15     His, 1Mac  Int         |         of faith and loyalty.~1 Maccabees has importance also for
16     His, 1Mac  Int         |       Romans 15:4.~The Books of Maccabees, though regarded by Jews
17     His, 1Mac  Int         |       of apostolic tradition.~1 Maccabees is divided as follows:~                               
18     His, 1Mac    4:   29(3)|         were sympathetic to the Maccabees and refused to receive Lysias.~
19     His, 1Mac    7:    5(2)|     renegade Jew hostile to the Maccabees, who became high priest
20     His, 1Mac    8:    1(2)|        one of the reasons why 1 Maccabees was not preserved by the
21     His, 1Mac   10:   21(2)|       power to appoint one. The Maccabees, though a priestly family,
22     His, 1Mac   10:   76(6)|          For the first time the Maccabees took possession of a seaport;
23     His, 1Mac   13:   20(1)|        other strongholds of the Maccabees by following the way of
24     His, 2Mac              |                               2 Maccabees~
25     His, 2Mac  Int         |         it is not a sequel to 1 Maccabees. The two differ in many
26     His, 2Mac  Int         |      161 B.C.).~The author of 2 Maccabees states (2 Macc 2:23) that
27     His, 2Mac  Int         | explains why the Second Book of Maccabees was not included in the
28     His, 2Mac  Int         |        value in supplementing I Maccabees, and it contains some apparently
29     His, 2Mac  Int         |         46).~The beginning of 2 Maccabees consists of two letters
30     His, 2Mac  Int         |     Hasmonean period, so that 2 Maccabees would probably not have
31     His, 2Mac  Int         |         The main divisions of 2 Maccabees are:~                               
32     His, 2Mac    1:    8(2)|         ultimate victory of the Maccabees.~
33    Gosp,  Joh   10:   22(9)|     John 7:2), to celebrate the Maccabees' rededication of the altar