2 Maccabees 2:12-14

Good News Translation

¹² Solomon celebrated the festival for eight days.

Nehemiah's Library

¹³ These same facts are found in the royal records and in the memoirs of Nehemiah, who established a library and collected the writings of David, letters of the kings concerning offerings, and books about the kings and prophets. ¹⁴ Judas also collected the books that had been scattered because of the war, and we still have them.