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He drew up his forces outside Joppa, the citizens having shut him out, since Apollonius had a garrison in Joppa. When they began the attack, (1 Maccabees 10, 75)
the citizens took fright and opened the gates, and Jonathan occupied Joppa. (1 Maccabees 10, 76)
Jonathan went in state to meet the king at Joppa, where they greeted each other and spent the night. (1 Maccabees 11, 6)
Simon, meanwhile, had also set out and had penetrated as far as Ascalon and the neighbouring towns. He then turned on Joppa and moved quickly to occupy it, (1 Maccabees 12, 33)
He sent a considerable force to Joppa under Jonathan son of Absalom who drove out the inhabitants and remained there in occupation. (1 Maccabees 13, 11)
To crown his titles to glory, he took Joppa and made it a harbour, gaining access to the Mediterranean Isles. (1 Maccabees 14, 5)
fortifying Joppa on the coast, and Gezer on the borders of Azotus, a place formerly inhabited by the enemy, founding a Jewish colony there, and providing the settlers with everything they needed to set them on their feet; (1 Maccabees 14, 34)
He sent him Athenobius, one of his Friends, to confer with him and say, 'You are now occupying Joppa and Gezer and the Citadel in Jerusalem, which are towns in my kingdom. (1 Maccabees 15, 28)
As regards Joppa and Gezer, which you claim, these were towns that did great harm to our people and laid waste our country; we are prepared to give a hundred talents for them.' Without so much as a word in answer, (1 Maccabees 15, 35)
Apollonius son of Menestheus had been sent to Egypt to attend the wedding of King Philometor. Antiochus, having learnt that the latter had become hostile to his affairs, began thinking about his own safety: that was why he had come to Joppa. He then moved to Jerusalem, (2 Maccabees 4, 21)
The people of Joppa committed a particularly wicked crime: they invited the Jews living among them to go aboard some boats they had lying ready, taking their wives and children. There was no hint of any intention to harm them; (2 Maccabees 12, 3)
As the town gates were closed, he withdrew, intending to come back and wipe out the whole community of Joppa. (2 Maccabees 12, 7)
