17 Blessed be our God in all things, who handed over those who had committed impiety. (WEB) 18 Since we are now about to celebrate the purification of the temple in the month Chislev, on the twenty-fifth day, we thought it necessary to notify you, so that you may also keep a feast of tabernacles, and remember the fire which was given when Nehemiah offered sacrifices, after he had built both the temple and the altar. (WEB) 19 For indeed when our fathers were about to be led into the land of Persia, the godly priests of that time took some of the fire of the altar, and hid it secretly in the hollow of a well that was without water, where they made sure that the place was unknown to anyone. (WEB)
2 Maccabees 1:17–19
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2 Maccabees 1:32–34
32 When this was done, a flame was kindled; but when the light from the altar shone back, it went out. (WEB) 33 When the matter became known, and king of the Persians was told that in the place where the priests who were led away had hid the fire, the liquid appeared whic… (WEB)
1 Esdras 8:80–82
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3 Maccabees 2:15–17
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2 Maccabees 2:16–18
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2 Maccabees 10:4–6
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2 Esdras 10:20–22
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2 Maccabees 1:7–9
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