Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
2 Maccabees 1:20
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 10, page 83, footnote 8 (Image)
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100. So they went to Persia, free only in their religion; for that alone could not be torn from them by their captivity. After a length of time,[2 Maccabees 1:20] indeed, according to God’s good pleasure, He put it into the Persian king’s heart to order the temple in Judea to be restored, and the regular customs to be again rebuilt at Jerusalem. To carry out this work of his the Persian king appointed the priest Nehemiah. He took with him the grandchildren of those priests who on leaving their native soil had hidden the sacred fire to save it from perishing. But on arriving, as we ...