14. And in like manner Judas also gathered together for us all those writings that had been scattered by reason of the war that befell, and they are still with us.
15. If therefore you⌃ have need thereof, send some to fetch them to you.
16. Seeing then that we are about to keep the purification, we write to you; you⌃ will therefore do well if you⌃ keep the days.
17. Now God, who saved all his people, and restored the heritage to all, and the kingdom, and the priesthood, and the hallowing,
18. even as he promised through the law,— in God have we hope, that he will quickly have mercy upon us, and gather us together out of all the earth to the holy place: for he delivered us out of great evils, and purified the place. ____________________
19. Now the things concerning Judas Maccabaeus and his brethren, and the purification of the great temple, and the dedication of the altar,
20. and further the wars against Antiochus Epiphanes, and Eupator his son,
21. and the manifestations that came from heaven to those that vied with one another in manful deeds for the religion of the Jews; so that, being but a few, they rescued the whole country, and chased the barbarous multitudes,
22. and recovered again the temple renowned all the world over, and freed the city, and restored the laws which were like to be overthrown, seeing the Lord became gracious to them with all forbearance:
23. these things, I say, which have been declared by Jason of Cyrene in five books, we will assay to abridge in one work.