- 1 1 Maccabees 1 Α′ 1 Maccabees 1 is the programmatic disaster chapter for the whole book. It begins with the fragmentation of Alexander's empire and then narrows toward Antiochus IV Epiphanes, whose reign becomes the engine of Judea's crisis. PDF
- 2 1 Maccabees 2 Β′ 1 Maccabees 2 is the founding chapter of the revolt. Where chapter 1 narrated catastrophe and desecration on the scale of empire, chapter 2 narrows the lens to Mattathias in Modein and shows how covenantal resistance takes visible form. PDF
- 3 1 Maccabees 3 Γ′ 1 Maccabees 3 turns from Mattathias's testament to Judas's first public campaigns and to the widening imperial response they provoke. PDF
- 4 1 Maccabees 4 Δ′ 1 Maccabees 4 narrates two closely linked acts of deliverance. PDF
- 5 1 Maccabees 5 Ε′ After the temple rededication, the revolt widens into a region-wide rescue war as Judas and Simon strike hostile neighbors and regather endangered Judean communities. PDF
- 6 1 Maccabees 6 Ϛ′ Antiochus dies under the memory of sacrilege while Judea endures siege, elephant warfare, famine, and a treacherous peace from the new Seleucid regime. PDF
- 7 1 Maccabees 7 Ζ′ Dynastic change empowers Judea's internal opponents, and the Nicanor cycle begins with deceit, blasphemy, and Judas's vindicating victory. PDF
- 8 1 Maccabees 8 Η′ Rome enters the book as an admired western power whose disciplined order and diplomatic usefulness make alliance part of Judas's strategy. PDF
- 9 1 Maccabees 9 Θ′ Renewed royal pressure ends in Judas's death, yet Jonathan and Simon preserve the revolt through a bitter succession under siege. PDF
- 10 1 Maccabees 10 Ι′ Rival Seleucid claimants compete for Jonathan, and he converts dynastic fracture into priestly investiture and political elevation. PDF
- 11 1 Maccabees 11 ΙΑ′ Jonathan navigates Ptolemaic and Seleucid instability, turning ceremonial honor, urban crisis, and open battle into widened influence. PDF
- 12 1 Maccabees 12 ΙΒ′ Diplomacy and campaigning give way to Tryphon's treachery, ending with Jonathan's capture and Israel's grief. PDF
- 13 1 Maccabees 13 ΙΓ′ Simon answers Jonathan's loss by assuming command, resisting Tryphon, and consolidating Judean strongholds into durable security. PDF
- 14 1 Maccabees 14 ΙΔ′ Simon's rule is celebrated as a moment of peace, public order, and international recognition, then ratified by national decree. PDF
- 15 1 Maccabees 15 ΙΕ′ Antiochus VII's opening favor hardens into claims and military pressure, placing Simon between diplomacy, Roman backing, and renewed threat. PDF
- 16 1 Maccabees 16 ΙϚ′ The book closes with victory over Cendebeus, Simon's murder by domestic treachery, and John's rapid emergence as successor. PDF