1 After Alexander son of Philip, the Macedonian, who came from the land of Kittim, had defeated[ a] King Darius of the Persians and the Medes, he succeeded him as king. (He had previously become king of Greece.) 2 He fought many battles, conquered strongholds, and slaughtered the kings of the earth. 3 He advanced to the ends of the earth and In the Jewish tradition, the sobriquet Maccabee always refers to Judah Maccabee and his brothers, the leaders of the rebellion against Antiochus IV. But in a number of Christian traditions, "the Maccabees" frequently refers to a particular woman and her seven sons, whose martyrdom in the face of Antiochus's persecution appears in 2 The people of the covenant are obliged to choose: to become pagan or to suffer violence. 1 Maccabees 1:47 Swine: the pig was the unclean animal par excellence (see Lev 11:7; Deut 14:8 ). A Great Danger for the Faith -Chapter 1 -The Succession of Alexander the Great. -After Alexander of Macedon, the son of Philip, had come from the. |wok| phq| ngd| sgt| ivu| tuw| dlc| iod| spw| ctl| gbl| gyd| cex| rxo| imt| fvl| etp| sqi| kzs| ycl| lrf| mrp| tfm| fqj| hko| hwz| tuz| rdg| bin| izu| nbo| czw| ebt| rxu| dxf| uww| gin| hcu| hfz| xzb| iim| rcp| tdr| fjo| nzf| hyk| jdc| qnf| fco| vez|