1 Machabees — Chapter 1

the fecond 200ke, 4 876 FIRST BOOK obfee ration tar thy people. 38. Take vengeance vpon this man, and his armic, and dec them fal by the {word : remember their blafphemies, and grant not ynto them to be permanent, *

Thefe faw the euils, that were done in the people of Juda, and in lerufalem. 9. And Mathathias fayd: Woe. iste, Wherfore was I borne to fee the affliGion of.my people,and the. affliction of the holiecitie, and to ticthere , when it-is giuen inthe hands of the enimies?8. The holie places are come into the hand off {trangers : the temple therof as an ignoble man. g. The veffels of her glorie in the mountayre of Modin : 2. and he had ' *litsc. 5.U, 11, --- PAGE 1876 --- OF MACHABEES glorie are caried away captive: her old nten are murd and her yong men are fallen by the {word of the e nation hath not inherited-her 859 ered in the {treets, nemies, 10, What Kingdom , and hath not obteyned her fpoiles ? 11, Al her beautic is taken away. She that was free , is madea feruant. 12, And loe our holies. and-our beautie , and our gtorie is de t : folate, and the Nations haue defiled them. 13, Where to then is it for vs Mmportance , is Yet to liue? 14. And Mathathiasrent his garments, and hisfonnes : and ae pade: mher- they couered themfelues with haire-cloths , and lamented exceedingly, Ipbe cied cher,

62. And of the words.of the finful man be not afrayd: becaufe his glorie isdung, and werme : 63. to day heis extolled, and to 1 morow he thal not be found : becaufeé he tsturned into his earth , & his ‘cogitation is perifhed, 64. You therfore my fonnes take courage , and doe manfully in the law: beeaufe in it you fhal be glorious. 65. (¢) And behold Simon your brother, I know that he is a man of counfel : heare ye him alwayes, and he fhal be a-father to you, 66. And ludas Macha- bring to youal the doers o he died the hundreth 8&-fix and fourtith yeare,and he was buried by his ted hismwith great lamentation, CHAP lil ther enemus, } troubled : and faluation was.directed in his hand, 7-And he exafperated tmanie Kings,& reioyced lacob in his works,&-.for euer his memorie is in benediction.8. And he walked through the cities of luda, & deftroyed ‘the impious oat ofthem, & turned away. wrathtrom Ifrael. 9. And.he .wasrenowned euen tothe vetermeft part ofthe earth, and he gathered them.that perifhed, * 10, And Apollonius gathered together the Gen- tils, and from Samaria-a powre much and great ,.to. make battel _againft Ifrael, 11.. And ludas vnderftood.it , and went forth to meete him L Oevo0e0 2 beus valiant of ftrength from:his youth, let him be to-youthe Prince of. warfare, and he ihabmanage the battel ofthe people, 67. And’ou thal the law: and reuenge ye the reuenge of your people,68.Repay retribution to the Gentiles, & attend to the precept of the law. 69. And‘he bleffed them , and was layd to his fathers. 7o.And fonnesin the fepulchers of his fathers in Modin , andaldf{rael lamen- Indas Machabeus punisheth the wicked: Lo, killethpolloninsin-dattel. 13. Seron braggeth , but is alfo ouerthrowen. 25, Antiochus furioufly incenfed,

of the Gentils. 15. And they built a {choole in Jerufalem,according to the lawes of the Nations : 16, andthey made to themfelues prepuces ,and reuolred from the holie reftament , and were toyned to the Nations,and were folde to doe euil, *

And there came thither they thar were fent from King Antiochus,to iy, 4, { compel them that were fled into the citie of Modin, toimmolate and to burne frankincenfe,& to depart from the law of God,16, And manie of the people of Ifrael confenting came to them : but M athathias, & his onnes {tood conftantly, 17. And they that were fent from Antiochus. an{wering fayd to Mathathias: Thou art the Prince, and moft honou- table , and great -in-this citie, and adorned with fonnes >and brethren. i8. Therfore comethou firt ,and doe the Kings commandment » as-al ALAA 12 Ti 1(a) Thitsfmal 'helpe of great in lerufalem : & thou fhalt be & th and amplified with god, and fi y fonnes among the Kings freinds, ; , luer , and manie gultts, 19, Aud Matha- thias aniwered , & fayd witha loude voice: Although al Nations obey King Antiochus , that eucrie man reuolt from the feruice of the law of his fathers, and confent to his commandments: 20, I and my.fonnes, & my brethren wil ob cy the law of our fathers, 23. God be merciful vnto- VS :1t is net profirable for vs to forfake the law, and theiuftices of God: 22.we wil not hearerhe words of King Antiochus, neither wil we facri-. fice , tranf grefling the commandments.of our law, to goe an other way..

after fendeth an other (poyler 5 who killing mante , robbeth and burneth lerufalem ; 35. forti- fieth the towre of Dauid ; 38. propbaneth al holie things; 43. commandeth al to commit idolatric , 47. and to forfake therites of Gods law , 52. vpon peine of death. 57. He fetteth vp an abominable idel in the Temple, 90. perfecuteth and amurdereth hoje that conforme not them/elues to thefe snnouations. B fonne the Macedonian, that («)firft reigned in Greece, being gone out of the land of Cethim, ftruck Darius Sa. King of the Perfians and the Medes «2. he made ma- END Ni nic bartels , and obteyned the munition of al , & flew GARSAVGRS the Kings of the earth :3. and he pafled through euen to the ends of the earth : and tooke the {poiles of the multitude of the Gentils : & the earth was filent in his fight, 4.And he gathered power, “and an armie exceeding ftrong ; and his hart was exalted an eleuated : s.and he obtayned the regions of the Gentils , & the tyrants : and they were made tributaries to him, 6, And after thefe things,he fel downe Nnnon 3 in his Read firft the . ipreface, lis, ich,2.v.20, The frft part of the hiftorie, i The perfecu- ition ef the Church by Antiochus, 4) Other Kings reigned before i Alcxander in Greece,but he was the firft that reigned inthat great Monarchie erected by himfelfe, ao (b) By deliue- ring hisring to, Perdicca,he gaae him au- Goririe co di- ‘tribute his jkingdomes, Tuas G12, Q. Curtin: bro. }(¢) Epipbanes, Noble in re- nowme, @)This Antio- chus began his reigne in the yeare 137, from Seleu- chus the frft King of Syria lafrer Alexan- der: otherwife this was the 156 yeare of he Grecian Monarchie, Euje.in chronice. (e} Being eftar blifbed in the ‘kingdom of Syria, heco- lnered alfo the )kingdom of Zgypt, (f) lofephus li, 1a.c.6.writeth that Antrochus Hirt killed fuch as would haus hindred his } a sab jentrance iare TeruSatem,and' afterwards the fe that ope- nejdthe gates gnto him, bur would rane hindered him trom fpoyling’ \theremple. rg°Thiswas \Svpolerassas King fent a Prince of tributes into the cities of luda, and(g) he came to 1a Jerufalem with a great multitude, 31, And he fpake vnto them peacea- jappeareth ron eats 1 two Kingdoms.18.And he enrred inte Agypt with great multitude, with and three and fourtith veare: and hewent vp to Ifrael,22, and wentv Carying away he departed into his owne 1ad.25. And he madea flaughter 956 THE FIRSTBOOK in his bed and he knew that he fhould dye.7.And he called his feruants the Nobles , that were brought vp with him-from.his youth : & he (0) diuided his Kingdom to them,when-he yet liued.8. And Alexander rei- gned twelue yeares,& hedied. 9,And his feruats poffeffed the Kingdé, euerie.onein his place:to.and they did al put crownes on them after his death, & their sOnes afterthé manie yeares, & euils were multiplied in theearth*.11.And thete came forth of thé a finful roote Antiochus(c) II- ‘luftre, the fonne of King Antiochus, that had been at Rome an holtage: & hereignedin (d) the hundreth & feuen& thirtith yeare of the King- dom ofthe Greeks,12.1n thofe dayes there went forth of Ifrael wicked children, & perf{waded manie,faying : Let vs goe, and make acouenant with the Gétils,that are about vs ; becanfe {ince we departed from thé manie euils haue found vs. 13.And the talke feemed good in their eyes.

vs. 21. But we wil fight for our liues, & our lawes:22.& our Lord himfelf wil deftroy them before our face, butyou feare them not.23. And as he ceafed to {peake,he flew on them fudenly : & Seron was deftroyed, & his hoft in his ight: 24, & he purfued him in the defcét of Bethoron euentothe playne, & there fel of them eight hundred men, & the reft fled into the land of the Phy- lifthiims, 25. And the feare of Iudas & of his brethren , & the dread tel vpon al the nations round about them. 26. And his name came to the King, & al nations told of the bartels of Iudas, 27. And as King Antio- chus heard thefe words he was wrath in his mind : & hefent , & gathe- red the armie of al his Kingdom, a campe exceeding ftreng : 28: and he’ opened histreafurie , and gaue wages co the armie for a yeare : and he commanded them, that they fhould be readie at al aflayes. 29. And he faw that money fayled out of his treafures, & the tributes of theregion {mal ,becaufe of {e) the diffenfion, and (f) the plague, that-he had made in the land,to take away the ordinances, that were from the firft dayes:

fan- tification with pride, & tooke the golden altar, & the candlefticke of light, & al the veffels therof, & the table of. prppofttion,and the labato- ries, and the phials , and the litle morters of gold, and the veyle, & the crownes,and the golden ornament,that was in the face of the remple:& he brake al into pieces, 2.4, And he tooke the filuer and gold,& the de- fiderable veffels : and he tooke the hidden treafures which he found : & of men,and {pake imgreat pride, 26.And great lamentation ‘was made in Hrael,and in everie place of theirs: 27, and the Princes, and the anci- ‘ents mourned ,and-the yong men , and tne virgins were weakned,& the Deautifulnes.ot- the women -was changed, 28. Euerie husband tooke lamentation: and the women that fate inthe mariage bed mourned :

And there fel of the heathen almoft three thoufand men,& he tooke. the fpoiles of them,23. and he tooke them that were in Galilee & in Ar- batis with their wiues , and children, & al things that they had , and he brought them into Iurie with great ioy.24, And Iudas Machabeus, and Tonathas his brother paffed auerlordan , and went three dayesiourney through the defert. 25. And the Nabutheians met them, & receiued thé peaceably , & told them althings , that had happened totheir-brethren in the countrie of Galaad, 26.and that manie of them-were comprehen- ded in Barafa, and Bofor,and in Alimis, and in Cafphor, & Mageth, & Carnaim, al thefe cities fenfed, & great, 27, Yea andin the reft of the to remoue the armie nere tothefe cities and to take them,& to difpatch them inone day. 28, And Judas turned & his armie the way into Bofor fodenly , and tooke the citie : and he flew euerie male in the edge of the {word, & tooke al their fpoiles,& burnt in with fire, 29. And they arofe thence by night, & went euen to the forrreffe. 30. And it came to pafle early inthe morning when they had lifted vp their eyes,& behold muca people, wherof there was nonumber, carying ladders, & engins.to take the tortreffe, and they expugned them, 31, And Iudas faw thatthe batrel began and the crie of the battel afcended to heauenas atrumpet, aida great crie out ofthe citie : 32. & he fayd to his hoft: Fight ye to day for your brethren. 33. And he came with three rankes behind them.& they cried out with trumpets , & cried in prayer. 34. And the campe of Ti- mothee ynderftood that it was Machabeus , and they ficd backe fro his prefence: and they {truck them with a great plague: and there tel of them in that day almoft eightthoufand men. 35.And Judas turned afide into Mafpha, and expugned, & tooke it, and he flew euerie male therof,’ & he tooke the fpoiles therof, & burnt it with fyre. 36. From thence he marched, and tooke Cafbon, and Mageth, and Bolor,& the reft of the cities of Galaad. 37. But after thefe words Timothee gathered an other armic ,and camped againft Raphon beyond the torrent. 38. And Iudas fent to vew the armic: and they reported veto him, fayng: That al the nations , that are round about vs , are aflembled acaini{t vs, an ar- mic exceeding great: 39. andthey haue hyred the Arabians to helpe them, --- PAGE 1886 --- 20. Nam. OF MACHABEES. B69 them, & they haue camped beyond the torrent , being readie to come ynto thee into battel, And ludas went to meet them. 40.And Timothee fayd to the Princes of his armie : When Iudas fhal approch,& his armie to the torrent of water: if he paffe ouer vnto vs firft , we fhalnot beable to-fultaine him : becaufe preuayling he wil preuaile againft vs. 41. But if he be afrayd to paffe ouer , and campe wichout the river , let vs paffe ouer tothem,and we fhal preuaiie againft him. 42. Butas ludas appro- rent, & commanded them , faying : Leaue not a man : but let al come into the battel. 43.And he paffed ouer to them firft,& al the people after bim, & al the heathen were difcomfited at-theirprefence, &they threw away their weapons, & fledro the temple,that was in Carnaim. 44.And hetooke (g) the citie it-felf,& temple he burnt with fire,with al things that.were chereia:& Carnaim was fubdewed, & could not ftand againit the face ef ludas..45, And ludas gathered together al the Ifraelices,thar wercin the countric-of Galaad , from the leaft euen to the greateft, and their wiues , andchildren , and an armie exceeding great, to come into tie was great, fituate in the entrance, fenced exceedingly, and there was way was through the middes, 47. And-they that were in the cicie , fhut in themfelues, and {topped the gates with {tones : & Iudas fent to them in peaceable words, 48. faying:-Let vs paffe through your land , and goe into our tountrie ; and no man fhal hurt you, onlie onfoot we wil pafie, And they would not open vnto them. 49, And ludas comman- ded proclamation to be made in the campe , that they fhould approch euerie man in the place wherein he was. 50. andthe men of ftrength approched , and he affaulted that citie al the day , and al che night; and the citie was deliuered into his hand:g1. & they flew cueric male in the edge of the {word , and he rooted it vp , and tooke the fpoiles therof; & pafled: throughal the citie vpon the flaing.52.And they paffed ouer For- dan in thegreat playne, againft the tace of Bethfan, 53, Anddudas ga- thered together (i) the hinmoft, & he (A) exhorted the people though - out.al the way , tilthey came intotheland of luda :54. and they went vpinto mount Sion withioy andgladnes , and offered holocaufts be. caufe none of them was faltentilthey returned in peace.'55. Andin the dayes that ludas & lonathas werein the land of Galaad , & Simon his brother in Galilee againft the face of Prolomais,56.(/)lofeph the fonne of Zacharie heard, & Azatias , the Princes of the band , the things. wel atcheiued, and the battels that were-madc, 57..and he fayd : Letvs.alfo make vsaname, and let vs goe fight. againft tne heathen, that are round about vs. 58. And he commanded them that were in his armie, and they. went to lamnia. 59,. And Gergias went forth out-of she citie, aad his men to meete tnem into battel. 60, And lofeph and Aza rias were-chafed in fligh: euen vnto the borders-of lurie : and there. Ppopp” 2 ched to the torrent of water , he fer the {cribes ofthe people bythe'tor- - the land of fuda, 46. And they came as far as (&) Ephron : and this ci- no meanesto decline from it on the right hand or on the left , but the: fel: g) The fixth a- gainft the Car- nalunites, { h)The feuenth; againft the E- phronites, pious captaine’ comforreth the weake fouldiars: &i and encora- gedalto thew. their forti- ~Mude. j() Men that ‘prefume of their owne ftrength with out commif- fien from law- ful aufteritie } haue not Gods safiflance , and fo fayleintheir jattempres, as dnotcalled of ~ Godamongft thofe men , by} vs bom-faluasions jismade in Ifrael. \¥. 62, : cherifheth and- i) A good and! --- PAGE 1887 --- *)Theeighta- sainft the Idu- neans,in Che-} 2ron. n) The ninth igainf the Sa- mMaritanes, fo) The tenth againft the Philiftimes -in Azotus, i 870 -rael. 63, And the men of luda were- magnified exceedingly in the fight -of al Ifrael,and of al nations where their name was heard. 64, And they The ful hie Epiphaneshis death is writ- ten in this chapter to the 16.v, andinal the 9, of the fecond Book. Finally he re- Jrurned into the countrie of Babylon. of Antiochus ° ted with great forow , and rcrurned into Babylonia, 5. And there came FIRST BOOK fcl that day of the people of Iftacl about two thouland men ,and there was made a great cumult in the people:61. becaufe they heard not fudas, & his brethren , thinking thatthey fhould doe mantully. 62, Bucthey werenot of the feed of thofe men by whom ‘faluation was- made in I{- came together ynto them , with acclamations.for theie good fucceffe,

the idols vpon the altar in the citie of Mo-. J din, according tothe Kings commandinent, 24. And Mathathias faw, . & was forie, and his reynestrembied, and his furie was kindled (6) ac- 0) Methathias cording to the iudgement of the law >and flying vpon-him he flew him fpirite. but be-} vpon the altar : 25, yea and the man » whom King -Antiochus had fent, ing general which compelled them to immolate , he flew in that verie time , & de- (Capitaine of Num.2zs: {troyed the altar, 26.. and zeled the law , as did Phinees to Zamri-the the people, did fonne of Salomi, -37..And Mathathias cried out witha loud voicein the Bis tufice the citie, faying : Euerie one that hath zele of the law, eftablithing his tefta- law where it ment,lethim come forth afret me. 28.And he fed himfelf, & -his fonnes ;, commanded into the mountaynes, and left al things whatfoeuer they had in thecitie, tokil the au-

before with alarge hand: & he had aboun- ded aboue the Kings, that had been before him. 31. And he was excee-. dingly aftonifhed in mind , and purpofed to goe into Perfis, and to take the tributes of the regions , and to gather much filuer, 32. And he left Lyfias a noble man of the bloud royal , ouer the Kings affayres , from the riuer Euphrates euen tothe riuer of Agypt: 33. and thathe fhould bring vp Antiochus his fonne, til he returned, 34. And he delivered to him halt the armie , and Elephants : and he gaue him in commandment concerning al things that he would , and concerning the inhabitants of Jurie, and lerufalem: 35, andthathe should fend an armie to them, fee oP penta _ fcongar- chos. OF MACHABEES, 863 to dettroy and roore outthe power of Trael , and the temnant of -‘Lleru- falem, and to take away the memorie of them out of the place, 36, atid that he fhould apy oynt inhabitants in al their cofts , children ftrangers, & thould by lor diftribure their land,3 7.And the King tooke the Part of the armie that remayned;& wétforth fd Antioch the citie of his'Ki dom in the yeareanhunidreth and feuen aif fourti¢c: and he paffed Suer the riuer Euphrates, & walked through the higher countries.-38. ‘And Lyfias chofe Prolomeethe fonne of ‘Dory minus, and Nicanor,and Gor- Blas, mightie men of the Kings freinds. 39.And he fent with thé fourtie thoufand men,, and feuen-thoufand horfemen :that-they-fhould come into the landof Iuda,and thould deftroy it according to the word of the King. go. And they went forth with al cheir power, and came, and loyned neere to Entmaum inthe champaine countrie, 41. And the mer- chants of the countries heard the name of them: and they tooke filuer and gold exceeding much, and feruants:and they came into the-campe, to takethe children of Hrael forflaues ,& there. were added to them the armic of Syria,& of the land of the ftrangers. 42.And Judas faw,& his brethren , that the euils were multiplied , and the armies approched to their borders : and they knew the Kings words, which he commanded to doe to the people vnto deftru@ion and confumm ation :43. and they fa yd euerie one to his neighbout:Let vs fer vp the abafing of our people, & let vs fight for our people, and our holies, 44. Aud an affemblie was gathered , that they fhould be readie ynto battel : & that they thould(g ) Pray and defire mercic & miferations.4s.And lerufalem was not inha- bited , but wasa defert :there was none that came in and went out of her children : and the holie place was conculcated : and the children of itrangers were in the caftel , there-was the inhabiration of the Gentils, and pleafuee was taken away from Iacob,& there failed their pipe and harpe. 46. And they gathered together , andcame into Mafpha againft lerufalem : becaufe the place of prayer in Iirael was in Mafpha (b) be- fore, 47. And they fafted that day, and clothed themfelues with’ haire- cloths, and pug athes on their head: and they rent: their garments:48.and they layd open the Books of the law , out of which the:Gentils fear- ched the fimilitude of their idols : 49. and they brought the ornaments of Priefts and ficft-fruits, & tithes, & tayfed vp Nazareits, that had ful- filled their dayes: 50.and they cried with alowd voice to heauen,faying: What thal we doe withthefe,& whither {hal we caric them?51.And thy holies are conculcated, and they are contaminated , and thy Priefts are brought into mourning,& into humiliation.s2, And behold the Natios are Come together againft vs to deftroy vs : thou knoweft what things theyintéd againft vs.53.How thal we. be able to ftand before their face, vules thou 6 God dochelpe vs ?54. And with trumpets they cried-out, with aloud voice. 55. And.afterthefe things ludas appointed captaynes of the people, tribunes, and centurions , and * fergeants,and decurions.,

And they builtch)the citte of Dauid with a great wal, anda {trong , and with firme towers ,and it was made a caftc) for them:

fpoiles of lerufalem: 37.and layd them vpthere:& they became a great {nare.38. And this was made for an embufhment of: the fan@i- fication,and to be anil divel in Ifrael. 39. And they fhed innocent bloud round about the f{anétification , and contaminated the fanGification,

.Nicanor went out from lerufalem, & moued the campe,. neere to.Bethhoron : and the armic of Syria mette him. 40. And hudas apprached in Adarfa with three thoufand men: and ludas prayed, and fayd : gx. They that were fent-by King Sennacherib, 6 Lord , becaufe they blafphemed thee , an angel came forth, and ftruck of them an hundred eightie fiuethoufand: 42. fo deftroy this armie in our fight to day , and let the reft know that he hath {poken it vpon the hoy places: and iudge thou him according to his malice. 43. And che armies toyned battel che thirteenth day of the month Adar:and the campe of Nicanor Was difcomfited , & himfelf was flaine firlt in the battel, 44. And as his armie {aw that Nicanor was flaine , they threw away their weapons ,& fled : 45. and they purfued them one dayes iourney from Adazer , euen til ye come into Gazara, & with trumpets they founded after them with (hyW hilkesTu- das difpofed things per- teyning tore- ligion, and the commoen- wealth : De- metrius pre- pared for war- res,th.9.U.3. (a) Ofthe re- fignifications. 46. And they went forth out of al the townes of lurie round about, and they pufhed them with the hornes , and they turned -againe tothem , and they were al flaine with the fword, and there was notleft of them fo much as one, 47, And they tooke the {poiles of them for a praye : and Nicanors head they cut off and his right hand, which he had proudly ftretched-forth, & they brought ic, & hung it P apaluft lerufalem. 48. And the people reioyced exceedingly , & they {pentthat day in great gladnes. 49. And he ordayned that this day fhould be kept euerie yeare the thirteenth of the month Adar.s5o0.And the land of luda was quiet for (b) a few dayes, * : in CHAP, VIII. Iudas knowing the Rowmanes to be «molt renowmed nation. , veciting their wer- thie aes,.17. fendeth.Embaffadersto enter league with-thcms : 23. Wherto nowmed ades ofthe Romis, other Hifto- riographers haue alfo writ- tenlargely: fefpecially Li- wus, Diedorus, Varve, Pimar- chs , and ma- nie others, What places thefe were Io- fephus expref- feth,t.12.¢,17- 4 Iuflinns, Florus,: they agreeing confirme a perpetual amitie with mutaal conditions, WON D Judas heard of (4) the name of the Romanes,, that R they are mightic of power , and agree vnto al things that ; areitequefted of chem; and whofoeuer haue come ynto € them ; they haue made amitie with them’; and: that they et are mighue of power. 2, Andthey heard of their bartels, and goodlie acts , which they did ia Galatia, that they ouercame them, and brought them vnder tribute:3.and how great things they did in the countrie of Spaine ,-& that they brought into their power the metals of filuer and gold , that are there, and poffefled euerte place by their counfel and patience : 4. and deftroyed the places that were very far off from them , and the Kings that came vponthem from the ends of the *la.c. If. Usle earth, --- PAGE 1894 --- OF MACHABEES. earth, and {truck them with a great plague : and the reft giue them tri- bute euerie yeare.5, And Philip and Perfes the King of the Ceteans, & the reft that had borne weapon againf them ;they difcomfired in bat- tel , and ouereame them: 6, and that Antiochus the great King of Afia, . who made batte] againftthem, hauing (4) an hundred aad twentie ele. phants, and horfeinen, and chariots an armie exceeding great was dif- comfited by them :7.and that they tooke him.aliue,and appointed him that himfelf and they that thould-reigne after him , fhould giuc a great tribute , and he fhould giue hoftages., and the thing appointed him, 8. and the region of the Indes ; andthe. Medes , and the Liydians of their beit. countries : and the fame being taken of them, ‘they gaue to Eu- menes the King, 9.Andthatthey which were in Hellada , would haue gone to difpatch them : and the word was knowen to them, 10, and they fent vntothem one captayne, -andrhey fought -againft them., and manie of them were-flaine ,and they led away-their wines captiue , and their children, and {peiled them, and paffeffed their land, and-deflroyed ‘their wals, and brought them into bondage euen vntil this day : 11, and - the refidue of Kingdoms , and iles that fome time had refifted them, . they {poyled, and brought vnder their power. 12, But with their freinds, and thofe that refted in them, they‘kept amitte, and obreyned the King- ‘doms , that were next, and that were far off: that whofoeuer heard - their name , feared them. 13. But fuch as they would helpe to reigne, thofe reigned : and whom they would , they depofed from the King- dom ; and they were exalted exceedingly. 14. And in al thefe none bare d crowne, nor was clothed with purple , to be magnified rherin, «5. And thar they made chemfelues a court, and confultéd dayly three han- dred and twentie , that fate in counfel alwayes for the multitude , thar they might doe the things that were conuenient :16. and they commit their gouerment (c) to one man euerie yeare to rule ouer.al their land, and al they obey one, and there is. no enuie , nor emulation amongft them. 17, And Iudaschofe Eupolemus the fonne of lohn , thefonne of lacob, and Tafon the fonne of Eleazar, & he fent themto Rome to make amitie and focietie with them: 18, and that they fhouldsake trom them the yoke of the Greeks, becaufe they faw tharthey prefled the Kingdom of Ifracl vnto bondage. 19, And they went to Rome, a way exceeding great, and they entred into the court , and fayd : 20.1udas Machabeus, ‘oe forTotaith ‘day foro. and his brethren , andhe people of the lewes haue.{entvs vito you to make focietie and peace with you, and to- write vs your-felowes and treinds, 21. And the word was liked in their-fight..22. And his is the tefcript that they wrot againe in tables of .braffe , and {ent imo Jeru- falem, thatit mightbe withthemthere.a memorial of peace and fecie- tie.23, BEIT WEL TO THE ROMANES, and to thenation ofthe lewes-by fea, and by land for euer : and {word and enemie.befar from them, 24. But-and if warre be toward the Romanes firlt, or al cheir. telowes in al their dominion : 25--the nation of the Iewes fa} give: OQaqaqqq 2 877 éruters;thén’ bé~ ‘been ef one ayde.. 6)P olybius Ui,s. writeth that Antiochus had inhiswarre again Prole. meus , & ther- \fore it is not to be merueled that he had ‘120. again the 'Romans, rT

became ftranger to her owne feed,and her children forfooke her. 41. Her fanctification was defolate as a wildernes , her feftiual dayes were turned into mourning , her fab- baths into reproch, her honours into naught.42.According to her glorie was her ignominie multiplied , and her highnes was turned into mour- ning, 43.And King Antiochus (k) wrote to al his Kingdo,thatal the peo- ple {hould be one: and eucrie one fhould leaue his owne law. 44.And al Nations confented according to the word of King Antiochus ,45.& ma- nie of Ifraelconfented to his feruice,& they facrificed ro idols,& defiled , { (b) The towre of Sion Forti- fied & kept, ‘b) by a garri- fon of Mace- donians. (k) It fufficed not this cruel tyrantto fpoile Gods people the fabbath, 46. And the King fent Books by the hands of meflengers. ations of the earth,47.and fhould prohibire holocaufts & fa- vidoes & placations to be made in the temple of God , 48, and fhould prohibite the fabbath to be celebrated, & the folemne dayes.49. And he cOmanded the holie places to be defiled, 8 the holie people of Ifrael.5o. And he commanded altars to be built, and temples, and idols,& {wines flefhro be immolated ,:and common beafts, 51. andto leaue their chil- drenvncircumcifed , and their foules to be contaminated in al vnclean- neffes, and abominations,fo that they fhould forget the law,and fhould change al the iuftifications of God. 52. And whofoeuer had not done ac- cording tothe word of King Antiochus,they fhould dye. 53. According to al thefe words wrote he to al his Kingdom : & he appoynted Princes ouer the people,that fhould forcethefe things to be done, 54, find they commanded the cities of Iuda to facrifice. 5 5. And manie of the peo~ ‘ple were gathered to them,they that had forfaken the law of our Lord; and they did euils vpon the land: 59.and they chafed forth the people of Irael in hidden corners, and inthe {ecret places of fugitiues.s 7.The fit teenth day of the month Cafleu, the hundreth fue and fourtith yeare ‘King Antiochus(!)built the abo:ninable idol of defolatié vpé the altar of God, and throughout al the cities of luda round about they builded altars: 58. and before the gates of houfes , and in the ftreets they burnt wr frankincenfe into Terufalé,& into al the cities of Juda:that they fhould folow the law of theri goods, & many of itheir lines, but ;he alfo pcruere \ted many in re- ligion:becaufe his mafter the diuel feeketh to deftroy més foules. !)Daniels pro- phecie.ch.9, was here in part fulfilled, as ina figure, & our Saulour confirmeth ir. M4at,24 of An- tichrift fetting Vp abomination of dejelation in sbe holy place, The z. part. The warres of the Macha-~ bees, begun by this Matha~ thias, and pro- fecured by his fonnes. efpe- cially byludas,, as inthe feuen chapters fo- lowing, and more largely in She fecond bookefrom 8. chapter to the end of the lait, 858 FIRST BOOK frankincenfe,and facrificed. 59. and the Books of the law of God they burnt with fyre, cutting them : 60. and with whomfoeuer were found the Books of the reftament of our Lord, and whofoeuer obferued the law of our Lord ,they murdered him, according to the edi@ of the King. 61, Intheir power did they thefe things tothe people of Ifrael. that was found in eaerie month & moth ia the cities: 62.And the fue and ctwentith day of the month they facrificed vpon the altar that was agaynit che altar. 63. And the women that circumcifed their children, ‘were murdered according to the commandment of King Antiochus,

, which others obfer- wine are more commended, efpecially in refpe@ of the whole Church ' fo dangeront.; ly impugned, which God in- deed wil euer defend, and conferue from Svtter ruine: rYet he vfeth alfo ordinarie Hmeanes, by lawful warres and the like, 4) Affideans, otherwife cal- led Effeni, not by pochiyti- cally asthe Pharifees , nor. erronioufly as’ the Sadducees,' but fincerely profeffed a pe- culiar holie rule of life, Tofephus li.2. ¢, 12, debello lua daico, 860 FIRST BOOK & fet battel againft them inthe day of the Sabbaths, 23. & they faydto them : Doe you refift now alfo as yet ? come forth : and doe according tothe word of King Antiochus , and you fhalliue. 34, And they fayd : We wilnot come forth, neither wil we doe the Kings word, to pollute the day of the Sabbaths, 35. And they haftired battel againft chem, 36. And they anfwered them not, neither did theycaft a {tone at them,nor ftopped the fecret places,37. faying : (c) Let vs dye alin our fimplicitie: and heauen & earth fhal be witneffes, vpon vs that-you vniuftly deftroy vs. 38. And they gaue them bartel on the Sabbaths : & there died they, & their wiues, & their children , & theircattel euento a thoufand fouls of men. 39, And Mathathias vnderftood it and his freinds and they had lamentation vpon them exceedingly. 40. And euerie:man fayd to his neighbour : if we fhal al doe as our brethren haue done, and fhal not fight againft the heathen for ourdiues , and our iuftifications : now wil they quickly deftroy-vs fr6 the earth, 41. Aod theythoughtin that day, faying; Eaesie man whofoeuer {hal come vmto-vsin battel onthe day of the Sabbaths, Jet vs fight againft him : & we wilnot al dye, as our bre- ‘thren died in fecret places, 42. Then was there gathered to them the fy- nagegue of (f) the Affideans ftrong of force out of Ifrael,euerie volun- tatie in the law: 43. and al that fled-from the euils,- were added tothem, _ and were made aftrengthtothem, 44. And they gathered an armie, & ftruckethedinners in their wrath,and the wicked men in theirindigna- tion : & the reft.fled to the nations to efcape, 45. And Mathathias went round about, & his freinds , and they deftroyed the altars : 46. & they circumcifed the vncircumcifed.children , as manie as they found in the cofts of Ifrael : and in ftrength. 47. And they perfecuted the children of Pride, and the worke profpered in their hands: 48. and they obteyned the law out ofthe hands of the nations , and out of the bands of the Kings : andthey gaue not the horne tothe finner. 49. And the dayes- of Marhathias approched to dye,& he fayd to his fonnes : Now is pride firengthned , & chaftifement, & the time of fubuerfion, & the wrath of indignation: 50, Now therfore my fonnes , be ye ermulatours of the law, & give your liues forthe teftament of your fathers. 51. And remé- ber the works of the fathers,which they haue done in their generations, & you hal receiue great gloric, and an-etesnal name, 52, Abraham was he not intentation found faythful , and it was reputed to him vnto tu- ftice? 53, lofeph inthe time of his diftreffe kept the commandment , & he was made Lord of Agypt. 5.4. Phinees our father, feruent in the zele ot God, receiued the teltament-of an cuerlafting Priefthood, $5. lefus whiles he acc6plifhed theword,was madethe Duke in Ifrael.56.Caleb whiles he teftifieth in the‘Church, receiued an inheritance.57.Dauid in his mercie obteyned the feate of the Kingdom for cuer.58.Elias whiles hezeleth the zele of the law , wasreceiued into heauen, $9, Ananias and Azarias & Mifael belieuing, were deliuered out of the fame. 60, _ Daniel in his fimplicitie was deliuered out of the lions mouth, 61. And fo Gen 22 Gen. 41, 2Fa lofue. 1. Nam, la. aReg.2. 4.Reg.2. D an.3. Dan, 6. *b mes

) of (g) the hundreth & erghi andtourtith yeare: 53. and they offered facrifice according to the law vpon the new altar of holocauits ,which they made. 54, Accordingtto the time and according tothe day ,wherin the heathen contaminated it, in the fame was it renewed in canticles,& harps , and lutes, and in cym- bals, 55. And althe people felon their face , and they adored toward heauen,and bleffed him that profpered them.5 6. And (b) they made the dedication of the altareight dayes , and they offered holocaufts with joy ,and facrifice ot faluation , and of prayfe, 57. And they adorned the face of the remple with golden crownes.,.and litle fhields : & they dedicated the gates , andthe chambers,and hanged dopres. vpon them,

tberfore let vs bring Bac- chides,and he fhal take them alin one night. 59. And they went, and gaue him counfel. 60, And he arofe to come with a great armie : and he fent fecretly epifties .to his felowes that were in lurie , to take Iona- thas, and them that were with him: but they could not, becaufe their counfel was knowento them. 61. And he apprehended of the men of the countrie, that were the principal of the mifchite , fittie men, and he flew them. 62. And Tonathas retyred afide , and Simon, and they that were with him into Bethbeffen , whichis inthe defert : and he built vp the ruines therof,and they fortified it.63. And Bacchides vnderftood it, and gathered together al his multitude, and fent word to them that were of Turie. 6.4. And hecame,and camped aboue Bethbeffen,and affaulted it manie dayes, and made engins. 65. And Jonathas lett Simon his bro- ther in the citie,and went forth into the countrie, & came with a num. ber, 66. and ftruck Odares, and his brethren , and the children of Pha. feron in their tabernacles , and he began to flay , andto grow in forces, 67,But Simon and they that were with him, went out of the citie, and burnt the engins , 68. and they fought againft Bacchides, & he was dif- difcomfited by them : and they afflie him exceedingly , becaufe his counfel,and his conflict was in vayne, 69.And being angrie againft the wicked men, that had giuen him counfel to come into their countrie, (&) he flew manie of them : but himfelf thought with thereft to de- part into tneircountri¢. 70.And lonathas vnderftood it,and hefent vnto him legates to make peace with him, and to render vnto him the capti~ ues, 71. And hetooke it gladly , and did acccording to his words , and {ware chat he would doe him no harme al the.dayes of his life.72. And he rendered vnto him the captiues ,which he before had taken fora apraye, out ofthe land of luda : & returning he departed into his owne countrie ,and he added no more to come into their coafts. 73. And the {wordceafed out of Ifrael : and lonathas dwelt in Machmas,and Jona- thas began there to iudge the people, and he deftroyed the impious out of Ifrael, “CHAP mus neither confide: ing that Alcimus was not indeed high prictt , bur an vfurper: northathe 7 lined after Ludas : who Was flainea yeare beiore this tiney.3@ 18 Wheroy, and by manie other fucher- pours , we fee that Jofephus isratherto be corre&ed by this booke then to difa- low tis booke becaufe it dif. ferethtrom Tofephus, cr other lige au- ors, + k )Euil counfel how foeuer it happeneth to them that fo- lowit, is euer hurtful torhem thar giue it, ee ene yt Ca) He falfely (guoached that he-was the iformeof An- ittochus Epi- !phanes: for he twas indeed of very meane birth, 1ufinue. li. 3¢. 88 CHAP X, Demetrins inuaded by Alexander, 3. (eeketh helpe of lewathas : 15. but he ioy- neth with Alxander,a furer freind : 22.theugh Demetriss folscite him agasne, offering rewards with remifion of tributes, 31. and great priniledges.46. Ad which he fufpecting to be feyned ,perfifteth with Alexander : 48. who tn bat- tel killeth Densetrins:52.c/poufeth the Kings daughter of Agypt: 59.calleth lonathas to the mariage: 62.and bonoureth him as a King 6 7.Demerrius( the fonne) com-ning sto Syria, fendeth Apollonius againft lenathas : 70. prouc. Reth him 74. and i ouerthrowen (79, notwithflanding bis ambuchment of a thoufand hor femer)83. lonathas burneth Aforus, with their idol Dagon: 86, fo returneth by Afcalon to lerufalem with great clorie. eee pee msi onan ee A ae EE ESM ND inthe yeare an hundreth threefcore came vp A- f\AWE lesander (a) the fonne of Antiochus , that was {urna- med Noble : and he tooke Proletnais , and they recei- Ze ued him, and hereigned there. 2, And Demetrius the Me orcat armie, and went forthto meet him into battel,

murdered. 65. And manie of the people of Iftael determined with themfelues, that they Would noteate the vncleane chi igs : and they chofe rather to dye , then .to be defiled with vacleane meates : 66. and they would not breake the holie law-of God , and they were murdered , 67, and there was made gteat wrath vpon the people exceedingly. *

(m) Efau inthe land ,thatis toward the South, and they ftruck Chebron , and her daughters:.and the wals therofand the-towres he burat with fyre round about. :66. And he remoued the campe co goe into theland of the aliens, and he walked through (»} Samaria, 67. In that day fel the Priefts in battel, whilesthey wil doe manfully , whiles they goe.forth without counfel into battel, 68. Aid Iudas declined (0) to Azotus into the land of the aliens , and he threw-downe their alrars, and the {culptils of their Gods he burnt with fyre ; and he-tooke the f{poiles of the cities , and rewirned into the land of Juda,