2 Machabees 1:9
And now celebrate ye the days of Scenopegia in the month of Casleu.
Challoner: ScenopegiaViz., the Encenia, or feast of the dedication of the altar, called here Scenopegia, or feast of tabernacles, from being celebrated with the like solemnity.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et nunc frequentate dies scenopegiæ mensis Casleu.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ νῦν ἵνα ἄγητε τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς σκηνοπηγίας τοῦ Χασελεὺ μηνός.
Haydock's commentary
Scenopegia; viz., the encenia, or feast of the dedication of the altar, called here scenopegia, or feast of the tabernacles, from being celebrated with the like solemnity. (Challoner) (Chap. x. 6.)
The real feast occurs in the month of Tisri. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.