They built a place of exercise in Jerusalem ... And they made themselves prepuces. 1:15
The virgins and the young men were made feeble, and the beauty of the women was changed. 1:27
Mathathias and his sons rent their garments, and they covered themselves with haircloth. 2:14
There came a certain Jew in the sight of all to sacrifice to the idols upon the altar ... Mathathias saw and was grieved, and his reins trembled ... and running upon him he slew him upon the altar. 2:23
The man whom king Antiochus had sent, who compelled them to sacrifice, he [Mathathias] slew at the same time ... And shewed zeal for the law, as Phinees [Phinehas] did. 2:25
Mathathias and his friends ... slew the sinners in their wrath, and the wicked men in their indignation. 2:39
Mathathias and his friends ... circumcised all the children whom they found in the confines of Israel that were uncircumcised. 2:45
