2 Maccabees chapter 8
[This chapter is in Orthodox and Catholic Bibles] Judas Maccabaeus builds an army. Victory over Nicanor. Victory over Timotheus and Bacchides. Another victory over Nicanor.
2 Maccabees chapter 7
[This chapter is in Orthodox and Catholic Bibles] A Jewish woman and her seven sons are martyred.
2 Maccabees chapter 6
[This chapter is in Orthodox and Catholic Bibles] Athens desecrates the temple. Athens makes Judaism illegal. Why do these bad things happen? Eleazar is martyred.
2 Maccabees chapter 4
[This chapter is in Orthodox and Catholic Bibles] Simon accuses Onias of treason. Jason leads the nation into apostasy. Menelaus buys the high priesthood. Menelaus murders Onias. Menelaus remains in power.
2 Maccabees chapter 3
[This chapter is in Orthodox and Catholic Bibles] The treason of Simon. Heliodorus will confiscate the temple’s money. The people are in anguish. The Almighty Lord intervenes. Testimony of Heliodorus.
2 Maccabees chapter 2
[This chapter is in Orthodox and Catholic Bibles] The Second Letter to Jewish people in Egypt, continued. Preface.
The Chronology of the Deuterocanonical Books
The Protestant Bible has 66 books. The Catholic Bible has 73, and the Orthodox have 78. How do those “extra” books fit into the chronological timeline of the Bible?
Preparing for battle by fasting and praying
King Antiochus Eupator sent a mighty army to destroy Judea. Judas Maccabees prepares by fasting and praying for three days. The whole nation joins him.