1 Maccabees
Deuterocanon · 8 sections · scripture: World English Bible
The history of the Jewish revolt against the Seleucid kings of Syria, and of the family that led it. After a brief prologue on Alexander and his successors, it takes up the story in 175 BC, when Antiochus IV Epiphanes came to the throne, and ends forty years later, with the murder of the last of the five brothers, Simon, in 134 BC.
From the commentary's introduction to 1 Maccabees, written by an AI. All the scripture below is free to read; the commentary on each section is in the full edition.
- I and My Sons and My Kindred Will Walk in the Covenant of Our Fathers": Antiochus, the Abomination, and Mattathias 1 Maccabees 1–2
- Strength Is from Heaven": Judas Maccabaeus, and the Dedication of the Temple 1 Maccabees 3–4
- Fight Today for Your Kindred!": The Wars with the Neighbors, and the Death of Antiochus 1 Maccabees 5–6
- "If Our Time Has Come, Let's Die in a Manly Way": Nicanor, Rome, and the Death of Judas (7:1–9:22)
- "King Alexander to His Brother Jonathan": Jonathan, High Priest by the Grace of Kings (9:23–10:89)
- The Kings Who Are around Us Have Fought against Us": Jonathan among the Rival Kings 1 Maccabees 11–12
- Each Man Sat under His Vine and His Fig Tree": Simon, and the Yoke Lifted 1 Maccabees 13–14
- He Committed a Great Iniquity": The Murder of Simon 1 Maccabees 15–16