Bible (DRV) Apocrypha/Deuterocanon: 1 & 2 Maccabees

Douay-Rheims Version (DRV)

These books are so called, because they contain the history of the people of God under the command of Judas Machabeus and his brethren: and he, as some will have it, was surnamed Machabeus, from carrying in his ensigns, or standards, those words of Exodus 15.11, Who is like to thee among the strong, O Lord: in which the initial letters, in the Hebrew, are M. C. B. E. I. It is not known who is the author of these books. But as to their authority, though they are not received by the Jews, saith St. Augustine, (lib. 18, De Civ. Dei, c. 36,) they are received by the church: who, in settling her canon of the scriptures, chose rather to be directed by the tradition she had received from the apostles of Christ, than by that of the scribes and Pharisees. And as the church has declared these two Books canonical, even in two general councils, viz., Florence and Trent, there can be no doubt of their authenticity. (Summary and annotations by Bishop Richard Challoner A.D. 1749-1752)

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Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Book 1, Chap.1 Ron Altman
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Play 02 Book 1, Chap. 2 Ron Altman
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Play 03 Book 1, Chap. 3 Ron Altman
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Play 04 Book 1, Chap. 4 Ron Altman
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Play 05 Book 1, Chap 5 Ron Altman
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Play 06 Book 1, Chap 6 Ron Altman
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Play 07 Book 1, Chap 7 Ron Altman
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Play 08 Book 1, Chap 8 Ron Altman
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Play 09 Book 1, Chap 9 Ron Altman
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Play 10 Book 1, Chap 10 Ron Altman
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Play 11 Book 1, Chap 11 Ron Altman
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Play 12 Book 1, Chap 12 Ron Altman
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Play 13 Book 1, Chap 13 Ron Altman
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Play 14 Book 1, Chap 14 Ron Altman
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Play 15 Book 1, Chap 15 Ron Altman
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Play 16 Book 1, Chap 16 Ron Altman
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Play 17 Book 2, Chap 1 Ron Altman
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Play 18 Book 2, Chap 2 Ron Altman
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Play 19 Book 2, Chap 3 Ron Altman
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Play 20 Book 2, Chap 4 Ron Altman
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Play 21 Book 2, Chap 5 Ron Altman
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Play 22 Book 2, Chap 6 Ron Altman
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Play 23 Book 2, Chap 7 Ron Altman
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Play 24 Book 2, Chap 8 Ron Altman
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Play 25 Book 2, Chap 9 Ron Altman
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Play 26 Book 2, Chap 10 Ron Altman
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Play 27 Book 2, Chap 11 Ron Altman
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Play 28 Book 2, Chap 12 Ron Altman
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Play 29 Book 2, Chap 13 Ron Altman
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Play 30 Book 2, Chap 14 Ron Altman
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Play 31 Book 2, Chap 15 Ron Altman
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