Context No. 3517 of 4322 · 2 Maccabees

Context · Reflection

2 Maccabees 2:1-12: in context

1It is also found in the records that Jeremiah the prophet commanded those who were carried away to take some of the fire, as has been mentioned, 2and how that the prophet charged those who were carried away, having given them the law, that they should not forget the statutes of the Lord or be led astray in their minds when they saw images of gold and silver, and their adornment. 3With other such words he exhorted them, that the law should not depart from their hearts. 4It was in the writing that the prophet, being warned by God, commanded that the tabernacle and the ark should follow with him, when he went out to the mountain where Moses had gone up and saw God’s inheritance. 5Jeremiah came and found a cave, he brought the tabernacle, the ark, and the altar of incense into it; then he sealed the entrance. 6Some of those who followed with him came there that they might mark the way, and could not find it. 7But when Jeremiah learned about that, he rebuked them, saying, “The place shall be unknown until God gathers the people together again and shows mercy. 8Then the Lord will disclose these things, and the glory of the Lord shall be seen with the cloud, as it was also shown to Moses, also as Solomon implored that the place might be consecrated greatly, 9and it was also declared that he, having wisdom, offered a sacrifice of dedication, and of the finishing of the temple. 10As Moses prayed to the Lord and fire came down out of heaven and consumed the sacrifice, even so Solomon also prayed, and the fire came down and consumed the burnt offerings. 11Moses said, ‘Because the sin offering had not been eaten, it was consumed in like manner.’ 12Likewise Solomon kept the eight days.”