2 Maccabees 2:19-21

Revised Standard Version

The Compiler’s Preface

¹⁹ The story of Judas Maccabe′us and his brothers, and the purification of the great temple, and the dedication of the altar, ²⁰ and further the wars against Anti′ochus Epiph′anes and his son Eu′pator, ²¹ and the appearances which came from heaven to those who strove zealously on behalf of Judaism, so that though few in number they seized the whole land and pursued the barbarian hordes,