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And they accused the people to the king, saying,
Judas and his
brethren have slain all thy friends, and driven us out of our own land.
So they departed, and came with a great power into the land of
Judea, where they sent messengers to
Judas and his
brethren with peaceable words
deceitfully.
So Nicanor came to Jerusalem with a great force; and sent unto
Judas and his
brethren deceitfully with friendly words, saying,
Judas Maccabeus with his
brethren, and the people of the Jews, have sent us unto you, to make a
confederacy and peace with you, and that we might be registered your confederates and friends.
But they
dehorted him, saying, We shall never be able: let us now rather save our lives, and
hereafter we will return with our
brethren, and fight against them: for we are but few.
Then
Judas said, God
forbid that I should do this thing, and
flee away from them: if our time be come, let us die
manfully for our
brethren, and let us not
stain our honour.
Where they lifted up their eyes, and looked, and, behold, there was much
ado and great carriage: and the
bridegroom came forth, and his friends and
brethren, to meet them with drums, and instruments of musick, and many weapons.
And he
smote Odonarkes and his
brethren, and the children of Phasiron in their tent.
Else he will remember all the evils that we have done against him, and against his brethren and his people.
Now when king Alexander had heard what promises
Demetrius had sent unto
Jonathan: when also it was told him of the battles and noble acts which he and his
brethren had done, and of the pains that they had
endured,
Jonathan the high priest, and the elders of the nation, and the priests, and the other of the Jews, unto the Lacedemonians their
brethren send
greeting:
There were letters sent in times past unto Onias the high priest from
Darius, who reigned then among you, to
signify that ye are our
brethren, as the copy here underwritten
doth specify.
We therefore at all times without ceasing, both in our feasts, and other convenient days, do remember you in the sacrifices which we offer, and in our prayers, as reason is, and as it becometh us to think upon our brethren:
It is found in writing, that the Lacedemonians and Jews are brethren, and that they are of the stock of Abraham:
And gave them
exhortation, saying, Ye
yourselves know what great things I, and my
brethren, and my father’s house, have done for the laws and the sanctuary, the battles also and troubles which we have seen.
By reason
whereof all my
brethren are slain for Israel’s sake, and I am left alone.
Now therefore be it far from me, that I should
spare mine own life in any time of trouble: for I am no better than my
brethren.
Simon also built a monument upon the
sepulchre of his father and his
brethren, and raised it
aloft to the sight, with
hewn stone behind and before.
Moreover he set up seven pyramids, one against another, for his father, and his mother, and his four brethren.
They wrote unto him in tables of brass, to renew the friendship and league which they had made with
Judas and
Jonathan his
brethren:
And this is the copy of the letters that the Lacedemonians sent; The rulers of the Lacedemonians, with the city, unto Simon the high priest, and the elders, and priests, and residue of the people of the Jews, our
brethren, send
greeting:
For he and his
brethren and the house of his father have established Israel, and
chased away in fight their enemies from them, and confirmed their liberty.
Forasmuch as
oftentimes there have been wars in the country, wherein for the maintenance of their sanctuary, and the law, Simon the son of Mattathias, of the
posterity of Jarib, together with his
brethren, put themselves in
jeopardy, and resisting the enemies of their nation did their nation great honour:
For he had heard say, that the Romans had called the Jews their friends and confederates and brethren; and that they had entertained the ambassadors of Simon honourably;
Wherefore Simon called his two eldest sons,
Judas and John, and said unto them, I, and my
brethren, and my father’s house, have ever from my youth unto this day fought against the enemies of Israel; and things have
prospered so well in our hands, that we have delivered Israel
oftentimes.
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.
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:
It came to pass also, that seven
brethren with their mother were taken, and compelled by the king against the law to taste
swine’s flesh, and were
tormented with scourges and whips.
Which
forthwith being heated, he commanded to cut out the tongue of him that spake first, and to cut off the utmost parts of his body, the rest of his
brethren and his mother looking on.
Fear not this
tormentor, but, being worthy of thy
brethren, take thy death that I may receive thee again in mercy with thy
brethren.
For our
brethren, who now have suffered a short pain, are dead under God’s covenant of
everlasting life: but thou, through the judgment of God, shalt receive just punishment for thy pride.
But I, as my
brethren, offer up my body and life for the laws of our fathers,
beseeching God that he would speedily be
merciful unto our nation; and that thou by torments and plagues mayest
confess, that he alone is God;
And that in me and my
brethren the wrath of the
Almighty, which is justly brought upon our nation, may cease.
And joined with himself his own
brethren, leaders of each band, to wit Simon, and Joseph, and
Jonathan, giving each one fifteen hundred men.
But when it was told Maccabeus what was done, he called the governors of the people together, and accused those men, that they had sold their brethren for money, and set their enemies free to fight against them.
Then Maccabeus himself first of all took weapons,
exhorting the other that they would
jeopard themselves together with him to help their
brethren: so they went forth together with a willing mind.
And calling upon God the righteous Judge, he came against those murderers of his
brethren, and burnt the
haven by night, and set the boats on fire, and those that fled thither he
slew.
Moreover
Timotheus himself fell into the hands of Dositheus and Sosipater, whom he
besought with much craft to let him go with his life, because he had many of the Jews’ parents, and the
brethren of some of them, who, if they put him to death, should not be regarded.
So when he had
assured them with many words that he would restore them without
hurt, according to the agreement, they let him go for the saving of their
brethren.
Then Onias answered, saying, This is a lover of the brethren, who prayeth much for the people, and for the holy city, to wit, Jeremias the prophet of God.
For the care that they took for their wives, and their children, their
brethren, and
folks, was in least account with them: but the greatest and principal fear was for the holy temple.