| Pericope | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 Arrival of Heliodorus in Jerusalem (3:1-40) | 1-1 | 2-1 | 3-1 |
| 2 Jason introduces Greek customs (4:1-22) | 1-1 | 2-1 | 3-1 |
| 3 Menelaus becomes high priest (4:23-50) | 1-1 | 2-1 | 3-1 |
| 4 Pillage of the temple (5:1-27) | 1-1 | 2-1 | 3-1 |
| 5 The suppression of Judaism (6:1-7:42) | 1-1 | 2-1 | 3-1 3-2 |
| 6 Judas defeats Nicanor (8:1-36) | 1-1 | 2-1 | 3-2 |
| 7 Antiochus's letter and death (9:1-10:8) | 1-1 | 2-1 2-2 | 3-2 |
| 8 Judas defeats Timothy (10:9-38) | 1-1 | 2-2 | 3-2 |
| 9 Lysias makes peace with the Jews (11:1-38) | 1-1 | 2-2 | 3-2 3-3 |
| 10 Combats of Judas (12:1-46) | 1-1 | 2-2 | 3-3 |
| 11 Antiochus makes a treaty with a Jews (13:1-26) | 1-1 | 2-2 | 3-3 |
| 12 Dispatch of Nicanor (14:1-46) | 1-1 | 2-2 | 3-3 |
| 13 The defeat and death of Nicanor (15:1-37) | 1-1 | 2-2 | 3-3 |