2 Maccabees 2:1
Good News Translation
"We know from the records that Jeremiah the prophet instructed the people who were being taken into exile to hide some of the fire from the altar, as we have just mentioned.

New Revised Standard Version
One finds in the records that the prophet Jeremiah ordered those who were being deported to take some of the fire, as has been mentioned,

Contemporary English Version
One of our writings says that it was Jeremiah the prophet who ordered our people to hide some of the altar fire before we were forced to go to Persia, just as I have already told you.

New American Bible
In the records it will be found that Jeremiah the prophet ordered the deportees to take some of the fire with them as indicated,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now it is found in the descriptions of Jeremias, the prophet, that he commanded them that went into captivity, to take the fire, as it hath been signified, and how he gave charge to them that were carried away into captivity.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Now it is found in the descriptions of Jeremias, the prophet, that he commanded them that went into captivity, to take the fire, as it hath been signified, and how he gave charge to them that were carried away into captivity.

2 Maccabees 1:35
And when he had proved it, he gave the priests many goods, and divers presents, and he took and distributed them to them with his own hand.

2 Maccabees 1:36
And Nehemias called this place Nephthar, which is interpreted purification. But many call it Nephi.

2 Maccabees 2:2
And how he gave them the law, that they should not forget the commandments of the Lord, and that they should not err in their minds, seeing the idols of gold, and silver, and the ornaments of them.

2 Maccabees 2:3
And with other such like speeches, he exhorted them that they would not remove the law from their heart.

Context
2 Maccabees 2
1Now it is found in the descriptions of Jeremias, the prophet, that he commanded them that went into captivity, to take the fire, as it hath been signified, and how he gave charge to them that were carried away into captivity. 2And how he gave them the law, that they should not forget the commandments of the Lord, and that they should not err in their minds, seeing the idols of gold, and silver, and the ornaments of them.…
Cross References
2 Maccabees 1:35
And when he had proved it, he gave the priests many goods, and divers presents, and he took and distributed them to them with his own hand.

2 Maccabees 1:36
And Nehemias called this place Nephthar, which is interpreted purification. But many call it Nephi.

2 Maccabees 2:2
And how he gave them the law, that they should not forget the commandments of the Lord, and that they should not err in their minds, seeing the idols of gold, and silver, and the ornaments of them.

2 Maccabees 2:3
And with other such like speeches, he exhorted them that they would not remove the law from their heart.



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2 Maccabees 1:36
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