1 Machabees — Chapter 10

But («) Gorgias being ca- ptayne ot the places, taking-vnto him ‘ftrangers often warred againft the lewes. 1s. And the Idumeans that kept the commodious holds , re- ceiued them that were chafed from lerufalem , and attempted to make barrel. 16. And they that were with Machabeus , befeeching our Loed by prayers that he would be their helper , made an affault vpon the holds of the Idumeans: 17. and ftickingto it with great force, they wanne the places, killed them that came in the way , & flew altogether no leffe then twentie thoufand, 18. And wheras certaine were fled into two towres very ftrong,hauing.al prouifionto make refiftance, 19.Ma- chabeusfor the expugning of them , leauing Simon and lofeph , & alfo Zacheus , and {uch as were with chem very manie , himfelfrurned to chofe-battels which forced more, 20, Butthey that were with Simon, being led with couetoufnes , were perfuaded with money by certaine that were in the towres: and taking feuentie thoufand didrachmaes, they let certayne efcape, 21. But when it was told Machabeus what was kling their head with earth, and being girded about the joynes with hairccloths, 26. lying flatte.at the brinyme of the alvar, that he would be Propicious to them , and an enemic to thcir enemies , arid an aduerfarie to their aduerfaries, as the law faith. 27. And fo after prayer taking weapons, going forth:fomewhat far out of the citic,& being come very neere the enemies they pitched, 28%. Ard at the very firit rifing of the funne both ioyned battel:thefe.indecd haui.:z our Lord the furetie of vi- Corie, & profperitiéwith vertue : but they had courage for the captayne of the batrel. 29. But when there was a fore fight, there appeared to the aduerfaries rom heaven fiue men vpon horfes , comesie with golden bridles , conducting the lewes : 30. of whom two hauing Mcchabeus between them , compafling him round abourwith their armour , kept him fafe : and againft the aduerfaries they thrcw darts , and fire bals, wherby both confounded with blindnes, and filled with perturbation they fel. 31. And there were flaize twentie thoufand fue hundred , and horfemen fix hurdred.32.But Timothee fled into Gazara aftrong hold, wherof Chercas was the captayne, 33. Aud Machabeus , aud they that were with him joyfully befieged the hold foure dayes. 34. But they that were within , crufting to the place , blafphemed aboue meafure, & caft torth abominable words, 35.But whé the fitth day appeared, (¢)twenue yong a) ce pee cena wf. OF MACHABEES, 925 yong men ofthem that were with Machabens , incenfed in their minds. becaufe of the blafphemic, went manfully to the wal, and with fierce courage going on, they {caked to the top: 36, Yeaandthe others alfo mounting vp, attempted to fet the towres and the gates on fire , and to- burne the blaiphemers themfelues aliue. 37.And the hold being facked for two dayes together , they flew Timothee that was found hydi» himfelfin acertaize place : and his brother Chareas,and Apoilophanes they killed, 38. Which things being done, they bieffed- our Lord. in hymnes and confeflions, who did greatthingsin I{rael, and gauc thems the victoric. ANNOTATIONS, CHAP, X.

For he fayd ; Let vs preuent to make peace with him, the euils , chat we haue done. againft him , and againft his brother, and ag‘inft his nation, 6. And he gaue him authoritie to gather anarmie, and to make weapons, and to be himfelf his felow: and the hoftages that were in the caftel, he cotnmanded to be deliuered to him,7. And lo- nathas came into lerufalem, arid read the epiftles in the hearing of al the people, and of them that wete in the calle, 8, And they feared with to gather an armit.g.And the hoftages were delivered to Ionathas, and he rendered them to their parents, 10, And Jonathasdwelt in lerufa- lem, and began t build, & rorenew the citie, 1, And hefpake to them round about with {quare {tenes for munition : and fo they. did. 12. And the Aliens fled that werein the holds which Bacchides had built:13,and. vale in Bethfura there remained fome of them , that had forfakenthe law, and the precepts of God: for this was for a refuge to them. a5. And Alexander the King heard of the promifes, that Demetrius had promi- fed ta lonathas = and they tofd himthe battcls, & the worthie acts that ne did, andhis bretheren , andthe labours, that they endured: 16..and de fayd; FIRST BOOK King heard it, and he gathered together an exceeding - before he make with Alexandet againft vs: s. for he wil remember al ! creat feare, becaufe they heard thatthe King gaue him authoritie to: “that made the works, thar they fhould butid che wals , and mount Sion. enerie man left his place , & departed into his owe countrie :14..0nl> ce etn ed ee ee eee eee eee nD OF MACHABEES, 883 he fayd : Why , fhal we find any fuch man ? and gow we wil make him a freind ,and our felow. 17 And he wrote anepiftle, and fent itto hin according to thefe words, faying:18. KING Alexander to his bro- ther Ionathas greeting. 19. We haue heard of thee, that thou art mightic of powre, and art meet to be our freind: 20, and now (b) we make thee this day high Prieft of thy nation , that thou be called the Kings freind (& he fent him purple , and acrowne of gold) & in our affaires thou be of one mind with vs,and keepe amitie rowards vs. 2x.And Ionathas put on him the holie ftole the feuenth month,in the yeare an hundreth three- feore in the folemne day of Scenopegia : and he gathered an.armie , and made very manie weapons, 22. And Demetrius heardchefe words, and was exceeding forie, and fayd: 23. Whatis this that we haue done, that Alexander hath preuented vs to rake thefrendfhippe of the lewes for his {trength 2.24. I alfo wil write to them words of requeft, and dignities, and guifts ; thatthey may be with me to ayde me, 25, And he wrote to them in thefe words : K] NG Demetrius tothe nation of the lewes greeting. 26. Becaufe you haue kept couenant towards vs , and haue continewed in our amitie, and haue not joyned to our enemies, (c) we haue heard ofit, and are glad, 27.And now perfeuere ftilto keepe fide- litie towards vs , & we wil reward you with good things, for thatyou haue done with vs, 28, And we wil remitte you manic charges,and wil giue you manie gu’fts, 29. And now I releafe you,and al the Iewes from tribures,& I pardon you the prices of falt,& remitte the crownes,& the thirds of the feed : 30, and the halfe of the fruit of trees which ism portion, I leaueto you fré this day forward, that it be not taken of the Galilee from this day & for euer: 31.8 let lerufaiem be holie , and free with the coafts therof: & the tithes, & tributes be they to it.32.1 releafe alfo the authoritie of the caftel, thatis in lerufalem, and I giue it to the High-Prieft, to place therinmen whomfoeuer he fhal choofe, that may difcharged alfo fr6 tributes of their cartel. 34. And al the foléne dayes, & the fabbaths, & thenew moones, & the dayes appointed , and.three dayes before the folemneday , and three dayes after the folemne day ler ‘thé al be of immunitie & remiffion, to al the Jewes that are.in my King. dom : 35. & nomanfhalhaue powreto dee any thing, & to make bufi- the lewesin the Kings armie te the number of thirtie thoufand-men:.& allowance {hal be giuen them as bchoueth to al the Kings-bands , & of them there fhal-be ordayned certaine that fhal be in the torrreffes of the r great King: 37. and ofthefe there {hal be appeynted ouer rhe affaires.of tthe Kingdom , that are done of truft , asd let there be Princes of them, and ler them walle in their owne lawes, asthe King hath commanded nthe land of Juda. 38. And the three cities that areadded to Lurie.ot the. Rerre ¥ Tewes had ree land of Juda, and of the three cities that are added rherto of Samaria, &. Keepe it. 33. And euerie foule of the ewes, that is captive from the land of luda in al my Kingdom ,1 difmiffe free fornothing, thatal may be. nefles againft any of them in any caufe. 36, And let there be enrolled of soo arena eee 4 (b) It wasno in the Kings powre to make Ionathas high- Prieft but he being fo be- fore, the King froin this time did fo account him, (e)This King Demetrius to get his dcfi- redpurpofe, } flickednot to write a plaine lye, for he had! heard that the: fafed-him and madeleague with his eni- J micAlexandes.J ¥. 32,25, d ‘Notwith- ‘tanding tue treat offers nf euil difpo~ fed men , Lo- nathas and al prudent intn confidering ‘ttheir former {wicked deeds donot giue credite to glo- rious wordes, (e)This Prolo- meus Philome. tor decidcda controuerfie, thar the Lewes had the true temple in Ie- tufalem , and that the Sama- {vicanes temple! in Garizim was fchifma. tical: which dhe iudged , be- Caufe albeit aptiquitic , yet only the Ie- wes proued by continual fucceflion of high priefts from Aaren, and fhewed @that the other departed from them , firft in the time of Ie- roboam, and afterwards built chat rem- ple in Gari- zim, when both pleaded ’ 88.4 FIRST BOOK the countrie of Samaria ,letthem be accounted-with luries that the may bevnderone. and obey no other powre , but the High-Priefts:

: but and ifthe had fometime finned, that they might bechaftoed ofhim more mildly, the temple had been polluted of the aliens, it happened that onthe fame day was made the purification, the fiue & twentith of the month, which was Cafleu, 6, And with ioy eight dayes they kept in manner of taber- nacles, remembring thata litle before they-had kept the folemne day of Tabernaclesin the mountaynes,& in -dennes after the manner of beafts. 1 9:For the which caufe they barebeforethemftalkes of herbs, & greene. boughs, and palmes.to him, that gaue fuccefle to clenfe his place. 8.And they decreed by cémon precept & decree to al the nation of the lewes euerie yearero keepe.thefe dayes. 9.And Antiochus that was called the ‘Noble, his departure-out of lite was afterthis fort.* 10, But now.of En-_ pator thefonne of Antiochus the impious,we wiltelthe things that have. beendone,abbridging the euils that were done inthe warres..1 1. For-ire. chauing taken-vpon him the/Kingdom,appointed ouer the affaires ofthe King one Lyfias:general ofthe hoft of: Phanicia-and Syria, 12. For Pro- ! Jomee who was called Macer, determined to be.a keeper-of iuttice thisot freinds to Eupator, when he-was called oftertimesiraytour, be. caufe he had lett Cypres-commited.vnto him by Philometor, andre. our Lord proteGing them , (4) recouered the «]This recoue-' ring and clen- fing ofthetem- ple was afrer the fourth battel of [udas; which was a- gainftLyfias. ; chus chiefe: Captaines , as Y jappeareth. di, 1.1]. ¢.4andfowas before the death of Anti- ochus ,writren here, chy. one ot Antio=- . Yyyyy (4) mede (@) Tris nener an a& of for- ‘tude , bur of extreme pafil- ianimity, when »ne in tempo- al mifcrie eil- -eth himfelf. ‘oberidde nerof, Butisa noft heroical »& to dye wil- lingly for gods ‘Jalorie, 4 ¢}Againft this j jorgias Iudas ‘Thad a vidtorie before inthe 4time of Antio- fchus Epipha- done, affembling the Princes of the people he accufed them, that they pnes.l.1.c.46 had fold their brethren for money , their aduerfaries being let goc, 22. ‘Thefe therfore being become traytours he flew,and forthwith he tooke ! the twotowres. 23. And with weapons and hands doing al thinzs pro- { {peroufly , in the two holds he flew more then twentie thoufand, 24. (4) Timothee And (d) Timothee , who before had been overcome of the lewes, ha- the fecond uing called together an armie of foren multitude , and gathering harfe- i pryet al menof Afia, came as toteke lurie by armes, 25. But Machaveus aid echuswith they that were with him, when he approcned, befought our Lord, fprin- Bacchides was once before ouerthrowne. 4.1.6.8. 7.30. ant (e) Tofepbus Gorion &i.3. ¢.13. faith thefe twentic zelous yong men Hwere of thethe Afidians who. profeficd a cere Htaine religious forme of life: lof whom men- tion is made before u.t.ch.

which our Sauiour ebferued , wasinfiumted by Indas Machabens , and his brethren, after she reftoring of Gods trwe-reli- gion by cating out Antiochus his garrifon. It is alfo cleare that this feaft. was in win- ter, ibidene, agreable rothe text, inshe month of Cafles , whivh is Nouember, wher- das the feat of tabernacles was in September , before winter ; and the feaft of re- ftauration-of the temple after the captiuitic of Babylon , was in. Adar (1. Efd. 6.) which is:Februarie , between which time and middes of March, was.not compe- tent fpace for thofe things which Chrift did after this feaft, before his Paffion, © Andtherfore it is very ftrange that Beza , or other Proteftants wil denie thefe - Books to be Canonical: which haue fo excellent a reftimonie by the Euangeliftt ofour Sauiours owne fad. CHAP, IX, Lyfias (uppofing with bis armic of fourefvore thousand footmen, anda great “band of bor femen to fubdue. lerufalems : 6. 1adas with bis few praying Ged, - and going to fight , an Angel , informe of an berfemen , goeth before them:

Lyfias- _perceiming Gods powre , offereth to procure peace. .22,. Weberto the .Ksng ] agreeth , writing to bim , 27. and.to the Lewes. 3.4. The Romances. aifo write. 20 she-lewes._ VT salitle after (a) Lyfias.the Kings procuratour,and RN colin, and chicfe ouer the affaires, being greatly.offer-- y Wy A\ ded with thefe things, that had hapened, 2. hauing #a- \« thered foure {core theut and, &-al the-horfemen ,came k-againft the lewes , thinking that-taking the citic., she: {0uld make iten habitation for the Gentiis; 3. and he __ fhould haue the temple to make gayre<of money ; as” {rhe.reft of chetemples of the Gentils,, &-euerie yearethe-pricithood to. be fold : 4. neuer recounting the powre of God, but fusious in minde, Yyyyy 2 ire Preteftantes confeffe that jludas inftitu- ited this feat, Tt is diftn@ trom other feaftes. 4. (a) This Lyfias -aifo had bene - ivanquifked :before.ti i, 6.4 re Y-79 3 q (6) Knowing that the Pacri- Jarches Abra- ham,Ifaac , Ta~ cob, likewife Moyfes Tofue aud manie o- thers were {lng ularly affi- Hted by Angels, thefe Macha- bees in their good caufe prayed for Angelical thelpe , and had it: but Jeyntly with their .owne endeaueur,al- thouchfome times Ged gi- ueth fuch vi- 1Gories with- out ceopera- tion of men, Exe.14. 4. Reg-15- es anti (t) Lyfias was in dede the Kings cofin.y. 35.but he cal- SECOND BOOK he trufted in the multitude of toot men, and thoufands of horfemen, & in foure {core elephants. 5. Andhe entred into luric , and approching to Bechfura , which was ina arrow place from lerufalem the {pace of fue furlongs , he expugned that hald. 6. But as Machabeus , and they that were with him , vnderftood that the holds were expugned , they befought ear Lord with weeping and teares , and al the multitude to- gether , (b) that he would fend a good Angel to the fauing of Hrael. 7, And Machabeus hinvfelf firft taking weapons, exhorted rhe reft toge- ther-with him , to aduenture , and to giueayde to their brethren. 8. And when they went forth together with prompt courage, at lerufalé there appeared going before them an horfeman in white clothing , with ar- mour of gold , thaking a fpeare,. 9, Then.al they together bleffed our merciful Lord, and tooke great courage : being readie to penetrate not 4 only men , but alfo moft fierce beafts, and wals of yron. 10. They went therfore promptly hauing an helper from heauen , and our Lord ha- wing pitie vpon them, 11. And like lyons running violently vpon the enemies , they ouerthrew of them eleuen thoufand footmen, and :of horfemen a thoufand fix-hundréd : 12. and they purto fight al, & very tnany of them being wounded {caped away naked. Yeaand Lyfias him G26 jdelf fhamefally flying efcaped. 13.And becaufe he was not fenfeleffe re- counting with himfelf, the diminution made on his fide, & vnderftan- ding the Hebrewes to be inuincible, becaufe they refted vpon the helpe of the almightie God, he fenr vnto them : 14. & promifed that be would confent to.al things , thatareiuft , and that he would force the King to betheir freind. 15. And Machabeus granted to Lyfias requeftes , in al things haning refpe@ to the commonwealth and whatfoeuer Macha- beus wrote to Lyfias , concerning the lewes , the King granted it. 16. For there were epiftles writcen to the lewes from Lyhias , conteyning - this tenure: LYSIAS tothe people of the lewes health. 37, John an Abfalom that were fent from you , deliuering the wrytings , requefted that I would accomplith thofe things which by them were fignified. 18. Therefore whatfoeuer might be bronght to the King declared vnto him: & that which che mazters permitted I granted. 19. If therfore you keepe fidelitic inthe affaires & henceforward , alfo wil endeauour to be a caufe of doing you good. 20,And concerning the reft, word for word 1 haue giuencommandement both to thefe , and to them that are fent of me , to-commmne with you. 21. Fare ye wel, Inthe yeare an hun- dred fourtie eight, of che month Diofcorus thefoure and twentith day. 122, But the Kings epiftle conteyned thefe things : King Antiochus to Lyfias (<) his brother, health. 23. Our father being tranilated amongft the Gods , we being willing that they that are in our Kingdom dhould liue without trouble , and employ diligence to their owne matters, 24, we haue heard that the lewes confented not to my father co turne to the crn fim bro ~ vite of the Greeks , bur that they would kcepe their owne inftitu- our fake. tion, and therfore that they requeit vs their rites to be granted them.

927 25, Being thertore defiroufe that this nation alfo be quiet, ordayning we haue decreed, that thetemple be reftored vnto them, that they might doe according to the cuftente of their anceftours, 26: Thou fhalt doe wel therfore if thoufend to them , & giuethe right hand , that our pleafure ‘being knowéthey may be of good cheere,& looketo their owne com- “Modities, 27, But tothe lewes the Kings epiftle wasin this manner: KING Antiochus to the fenate‘of the lewes, and to the reft of the Tewes health, 28. 1f you fare wel, you are fo as we would :-yea our fel- uesalfo fare wel.29, Menelaus came to vs, faying that you would come downs to your countrie men, thar are with-vs,30.’To them therfore that come & goe,vntil the thirtith day of the month X anthicus, we giuethe righthands of fecuritie,3.that the Tewes may vfe their owne meates, & their owne lawes, as-alfo before:& that none of them by any-‘meanes fuffer moleftatid for thefe things, which haue been done by ignorance.