2 Maccabees 2:17-19

Good News Translation

¹⁷ God has saved all his people and has restored to all of us our holy land, the kingship, the priesthood, and the Temple services, ¹⁸ just as he promised in his Law. He has rescued us from terrible evils and has purified the Temple, and we are confident that in his mercy he will soon gather us to his holy Temple from every nation under the sun.

Author's Preface

¹⁹ Jason of Cyrene has recorded in five volumes the story of Judas Maccabeus and his brothers, the purification of the great Temple, and the dedication of its altar.