This episode is part 9 in a study of the book of 1 Maccabees. Syria attacks again, and things are looking poor for the Maccabees until a civil war in Syria forces them to withdraw and return home.
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1 Maccabees 5:45-68,6:1-17 – Failures, The Death of a King – Episode 893
This episode is part 8 in a study of the book of 1 Maccabees. Judas has more success, but not everyone does. Antiochus Epiphanes, who started all the trouble, dies in a foreign land of disappointment.
1 Maccabees 5:45-68
1 Maccabees 6:1-17
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1 Maccabees 5:1-44 – Rescue Missions – Episode 892
This episode is part 7 in a study of the book of 1 Maccabees. After their victories, word comes that the Jews in both Galilee and Gilead (now northern Jordan) are attacked and Judas sends out armies to rescue them.
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1 Maccabees 4:36-61 – Hanukkah – Episode 891
This episode is part 6 in a study of the book of 1 Maccabees. After their victories, Judas and the army come to the temple and find it a mess. They clean up and rededicate the temple.
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1 Maccabees 4:1-35 – First Victories – Episode 890
This episode is part 5 in a study of the book of 1 Maccabees. Judas avoids an ambush and defeats Lysias’s first two major invasions. They celebrate this victory over a larger army.
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1 Maccabees 3:27-60 – Judas Prepares – Episode 889
This episode is part 4 in a study of the book of 1 Maccabees. Antiochus looks for funds to fight back. Meanwhile, Judas prepares to meet a large army that is invading.
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1 Maccabees 2:42-3:26 – Fighting Back – Episode 888
This episode is part 3 in a study of the book of 1 Maccabees. Mattathias and his sons fight back against those who want to take their faith. Mattathias dies and passes the torch to his sons.
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1 Maccabees 2:1-41 – Introducing the Maccabees – Episode 887
This episode is part 3 in a study of the book of 1 Maccabees. In this episode we introduce Mattathias and his sons who will be known as the Maccabees. They oppose the king and go into hiding.
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1 Maccabees 1:10-64 – You’re Greek Now – Episode 886
This episode is part 2 in a study of 1 Maccabees and the Intertestamental Period. In this episode, King Antiochus Epiphanes takes Jerusalem and tries by force to make the Jews like everyone else.
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1 Maccabees 1:1-9 – The Intertestamental Period – Episode 885
This episode is part 1 of a study of 1 Maccabees and the Intertestamental Period. In this episode, we hear why Persia is no longer with us in the New Testament as they were conquered by Alexander the Great.
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