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1st Maccabees Chapter 6

The last days of Antiochus Epiphanes
The access of Antiochus V
The siege of the Citadel of Jerusalem by Judas Maccabaeus
Campaign of Antiochus V and Lysias
Capture of Beth-Zur and siege of Mount Zion by the Syrians
The king grants the Jews religious freedom

1st Maccabees Chapter 5

The expedition against the Idumaeans and Ammonites
Preliminaries to campaigns in Galilee and Gilead
The expeditions in Galilee and Gilead
Reversal at Jamnia
Successes in Idumaea and Philistia

1st Maccabees Chapter 3

The eulogy of Judas Maccabaeus
Initial successes of Judas
Antiochus prepares to invade Persia and Judaea
Gorgias and Nicanor lead the Syrian army into Judaea
The Jews gather at Mizpah

1st Maccabees Chapter 2

Matthathias and his sons
The ordeal of the sacrifice at Modein
The ordeal of the Sabbath in the desert
The activity of Mattathis and his associates

1st Maccabees Chapter 1

Alexander and his successors
Antiochus Epiphanes: Israel infected with Helenism
First Egyptian campaign and pillage of the Temple
Intervention of the Mysarch and construction of the Acra
Installation of the gentile cults