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In this book, a man is kicked by a horse and then flogged by angels after trying to steal money set aside for widows and orphans. According to this book, Jeremiah hid the Ark of the Covenant in Mount Nebo before the destruction of the Temple. A woman in this book exhorts her son to look at the heavens and the earth and “know that God did not make them out of existing things” when giving him courage to die with his six brothers, who had refused to eat (*) pork. After a (-5[1])battle in this book, Judas offers prayers (-5[1])for the fallen “that they might be absolved from their sin,” which Catholics cite as evidence for purgatory. This book is the last of the deuterocanonical books about Antiochus IV Epiphanes, who attempted (10[1])to suppress Judaism. For 10 points, name this book, the second of two about the rededication of the Temple following a namesake revolt. ■END■ (10[2])

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