2 Maccabees 10:24
“And Timotheus, who had previously been defeated by the Jews, having assembled an army of foreign troops, etc. This Timotheus represents the type of the heretics, as we have shown in the preceding book, who always strive to destroy the faith of Christ and the truth of the Gospel, both by themselves and by the help and…”
24Now Timotheus, whom the Jews had overcome before, when he had gathered a great multitude of foreign forces, and horses out of Asia not a few, came as though he would take Jewry by force of arms.
Preparing…
Preparing…
Preparing…
22So he slew those that were found traitors, and immediately took the two castles.
23And having good success with his weapons in all things he took in hand, he slew in the two holds more than twenty thousand.
— 2 Maccabees 10:24 —
25But when he drew near, they that were with Maccabeus turned themselves to pray unto God, and sprinkled earth upon their heads, and girded their loins with sackcloth,
26And fell down at the foot of the altar, and besought him to be merciful to them, and to be an enemy to their enemies, and an adversary to their adversaries, as the law declareth.