Destruction Of Nicanor Flashcards
If Judas not delivered I’ll destroy your temple
2 Maccabees 14:31-33
33. He stretched out his right hand toward the temple, and made an oath in this manner: If ye will not deliver me Judas as a prisoner, I will lay this temple of God even with the ground, and I will break down the altar, and erect a notable temple unto Bacchus.
Alcimus the traitor
1 Maccabees 7:5 There came unto him all the wicked and ungodly men of Israel, having Alcimus, who was desirous to be high priest, for their captain:
Judas slew the incredible host/nicanor
2 Maccabees 15:32 And shewed them vile Nicanor’s head, and the hand of that blasphemer, which with proud brags he had stretched out against the holy temple of the Almighty.
He hanged nicanor head
2 Maccabees 15:35 He hanged also Nicanor’s head upon the tower, an evident and manifest sign unto all of the help of the Lord.
Put nicanor to flight
2 Maccabees 8:24 And by the help of the Almighty they slew above nine thousand of their enemies, and wounded and maimed the most part of Nicanor’s host, and so put all to flight;
Judas and his man kept the sabbath
2 Maccabees 8:26 For it was the day before the sabbath, and therefore they would no longer pursue them.