2 Maccabees 1:8-10

Common English Bible

⁸ They burned down the gate and murdered innocent people. We pleaded to the Lord, and the Lord heard us. We offered sacrifices and fine flour, lit the lamps, and set out the sacred loaves. ⁹ So now you should keep the Festival of Booths in the month of Kislev, ¹⁰ in the year 188.^[a]

The second letter

The citizens of Jerusalem and Judea, the council of elders, and Judas send greetings and wishes of good health to Aristobulus, teacher of King Ptolemy and a member of the family of the anointed priests, and to the Jews in Egypt.