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The Second Book of MaccabeesΜΑΚΚΑΒΑΙΩΝ Β′

A six-tier Greek reverse-interlinear of all fifteen chapters of the Septuagint text: each word color-coded by grammatical case, with gloss, parsing, Wallace-style syntax, aspectual semantic force, and a lexical note; each verse opens with the running Greek, an English translation, and a discourse note, under a chapter argument-outline.

555 verses · 11,917 annotated words · fifteen chapters. The Greek follows the standard critical text of the Septuagint (Rahlfs–Hanhart in its main wording, itself an ancient, public-domain text); the distinctively copyrighted apparatus is not reproduced. Versification follows the LXX.

Companion summary Themes, outlines & translation notes Every chapter's theme and argument outline, the textual notes, and a table of the major exegetical cruxes.
  1. 1 2 Maccabees 1 Α′ Letters from Jerusalem urge the Jews in Egypt to keep the feast and remember God's preserving fire. 36 verses · 743 words PDF
  2. 2 2 Maccabees 2 Β′ Jeremiah's hidden holy things and the abridger's preface frame the book as remembered sacred history. 32 verses · 662 words PDF
  3. 3 2 Maccabees 3 Γ′ Heliodorus attacks the temple treasury, but God publicly vindicates the sanctuary and Onias. 40 verses · 872 words PDF
  4. 4 2 Maccabees 4 Δ′ Bought priesthood, Hellenizing ambition, and corruption drive Jerusalem into sacrilege and bloodguilt. 50 verses · 1088 words PDF
  5. 5 2 Maccabees 5 Ε′ Portents, Jason's failed return, and Antiochus's sack of Jerusalem drive Judas into the wilderness resistance. 27 verses · 645 words PDF
  6. 6 2 Maccabees 6 Ϛ′ Persecution becomes policy as the temple is profaned and Eleazar dies as a public witness to covenant fidelity. 31 verses · 678 words PDF
  7. 7 2 Maccabees 7 Ζ′ A mother and her seven sons face torture and death rather than betray the law and the hope of resurrection. 42 verses · 876 words PDF
  8. 8 2 Maccabees 8 Η′ Judas gathers the faithful, defeats Nicanor's designs, and turns divine wrath into public deliverance. 36 verses · 840 words PDF
  9. 9 2 Maccabees 9 Θ′ Antiochus's arrogance against Jerusalem ends in disease, humiliation, and the miserable death of the persecutor. 29 verses · 663 words PDF
  10. 10 2 Maccabees 10 Ι′ The temple is purified and rededicated, and restored worship is immediately defended through renewed battle. 38 verses · 803 words PDF
  11. 11 2 Maccabees 11 ΙΑ′ Lysias learns that the Jews fight under divine aid, and war gives way to negotiated recognition in royal letters. 38 verses · 668 words PDF
  12. 12 2 Maccabees 12 ΙΒ′ Judas's campaigns join military zeal with covenant piety, culminating in atonement for the fallen. 45 verses · 1022 words PDF
  13. 13 2 Maccabees 13 ΙΓ′ Antiochus Eupator's invasion is answered by prayer, bold resistance, and the fitting downfall of Menelaus. 26 verses · 535 words PDF
  14. 14 2 Maccabees 14 ΙΔ′ Demetrius and Alcimus turn on Judas through intrigue and sacrilege, while Razis dies as a witness to loyalty. 46 verses · 933 words PDF
  15. 15 2 Maccabees 15 ΙΕ′ Judas answers Nicanor with vision, courage, and victory, and Jerusalem memorializes God's deliverance. 39 verses · 889 words PDF