1 Woe to you, Baḇel, and Asia! Woe to you, Mitsrayim and Aram! 2 Gird up yourselves with sackcloth and hair; bewail your children, and mourn, for your destruction is at hand. 3 A sword is sent upon you, and who shall turn it back? 4 A fire is sent Read more
1 And it came to be, after Alexandros son of Philippos, the Makedonian, who came out of the land of Kittim, had smitten Dareyawesh sovereign of Paras and Maḏai, that he reigned in his place, the first over Yawan. 2 And he fought many battles, and won many strongholds, and Read more
1 In those days Mattithyahu the son of Yoḥanan, the son of Shim’on, a kohĕn of the sons of Yoyariḇ, came from Yerushalayim, and dwelt in Modi’im. 2 And he had five sons: Yoḥanan, called Gaddi; 3 Shim’on; called Thassi; 4 Yahuḏah, who was called Maqqaḇah; 5 Eli’ezer, called Aḇaran; Read more
1 Then his son Yahuḏah, called Maqqaḇah, rose up in his place. 2 And all his brothers aided him, and so did all they that stood with his father, and they fought the battle for Yisra’ĕl with eagerness. 3 So he gave his people great honor, and put on a Read more
1 Then Gorgias took five thousand footmen, and one thousand of the best horsemen, and moved out of the camp by night, 2 so that he might charge in upon the camp of the Yahuḏim, and smite them suddenly; and the men of the fortress were his guides. 3 Now Read more
1 Now when the nations round about heard that the altar was built and the Miqdash renewed as before, it displeased them very much. 2 Therefore they thought to destroy the generation of Ya’aqoḇ that was among them, and so they began to slay and destroy the people. 3 Then Read more
1 About that time sovereign Antioḵos travelling through the high countries heard it said that Elumais in the country of Paras was a city greatly renowned for riches, silver and gold; 2 and that there was a very rich temple in it in which were coverings of gold and breastplates Read more
1 In the one hundred and fiftieth year, Dĕmĕtrios the son of Seleukus departed from Rome, and came up with a few men to a city of the sea coast, and reigned there. 2 And as he entered into the palace of his ancestors, it had come to pass, that Read more
1 Now Yahuḏah had heard of the Romans, that they were brave and mighty men, and such that would kindly accept all that joined themselves to them, and make a covenant of peace with all that came to them; 2 and that they were men of great courage. To him Read more
1 Furthermore, when Dĕmĕtrios heard that Nikanor and his army were slain in battle, he sent Bakḵidĕs and Elyaqim to the land of Yahuḏah a second time, and with them the main force of his army, 2 who went out by the way that leads to Gilgal, and pitched their Read more