2 Maccabees 2:18-20

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁸ As he promised in the law, will shortly have mercy upon us, and will gather us together from every land under heaven into the holy place.

¹⁹ For he hath delivered us out of great perils, and hath cleansed the place.

²⁰ Now as concerning Judas Machabeus. and his brethren, and the purification of the great temple, and the dedication of the altar: