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Judah's Wife: A Novel of the Maccabees (The Silent Years #2) QUOTES

1 " Then Judah his son, who was called Maccabaeus, took command in [Mattathias’s] place. All his brothers and all who had joined his father helped "

― Angela Elwell Hunt , Judah's Wife: A Novel of the Maccabees (The Silent Years #2)

2 " him; they gladly fought for Israel. He extended the glory of his people. Like a giant he put on his breastplate; he girded on his armor of war and waged battles, protecting the host by his sword. He was like a lion in his deeds, like a lion’s cub roaring for prey. He searched out and pursued the lawless; he burned those who troubled his people. "

― Angela Elwell Hunt , Judah's Wife: A Novel of the Maccabees (The Silent Years #2)

3 " Lawless men shrank back for fear of him; all the evildoers were confounded; and deliverance prospered by his hand. He embittered many kings, but he made Jacob glad by his deeds, and his memory is blessed forever. 1 Maccabees "

― Angela Elwell Hunt , Judah's Wife: A Novel of the Maccabees (The Silent Years #2)

4 " the Christian Bible, one turns the page after Malachi and finds Matthew as if only a few days fell between the activities of the prophet and the arrival of Jesus Christ. In reality, however, four hundred so-called “silent years” lie between the Old Testament and New, a time when God did not speak to Israel through His prophets. "

― Angela Elwell Hunt , Judah's Wife: A Novel of the Maccabees (The Silent Years #2)

5 " God also prepared to fulfill His promise to the serpent in Eden: “I will put animosity between you and the woman, and between your descendant and her descendant; he will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel” (Gen. "

― Angela Elwell Hunt , Judah's Wife: A Novel of the Maccabees (The Silent Years #2)

6 " For God never sleeps, and though He may not communicate as we expect Him to, He "

― Angela Elwell Hunt , Judah's Wife: A Novel of the Maccabees (The Silent Years #2)

7 " receptive heart. "

― Angela Elwell Hunt , Judah's Wife: A Novel of the Maccabees (The Silent Years #2)

8 " slave. And behold, our holy place, our beauty, and our glory have been laid waste; the Gentiles have profaned it. Why should we live any longer?” And Mattathias and his sons rent their clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourned greatly. 1 Maccabees 2:1–14 "

― Angela Elwell Hunt , Judah's Wife: A Novel of the Maccabees (The Silent Years #2)

9 " The Samaritans were relatives—a people who claimed to be descended from Israelites who survived the Babylonian invasion and intermarried with native peoples—a practice forbidden by the Law of Moses. "

― Angela Elwell Hunt , Judah's Wife: A Novel of the Maccabees (The Silent Years #2)

10 " And a happy man had no reason to fight. "

― Angela Elwell Hunt , Judah's Wife: A Novel of the Maccabees (The Silent Years #2)

11 " Sometimes, after we lay ourselves down before HaShem, we simply know what is right. "

― Angela Elwell Hunt , Judah's Wife: A Novel of the Maccabees (The Silent Years #2)

12 " Yet the Law of Moses commanded me to respect and obey that tyrant, and Solomon promised a blessing for those who honored their parents. "

― Angela Elwell Hunt , Judah's Wife: A Novel of the Maccabees (The Silent Years #2)