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Therefore, give up the cities you have seized and the tribute money of the districts outside the territory of Judea of which you have taken possession; (1 Maccabees 15, 30)
or instead, pay me five hundred talents of silver for the devastation you have caused and five hundred talents more for the tribute money of the cities. If you do not do this, we will come and make war on you." (1 Maccabees 15, 31)
As for Joppa and Gazara, which you demand, the men of these cities were doing great harm to our people and laying waste our country; however, we are willing to pay you a hundred talents for these cities." (1 Maccabees 15, 35)
As the king ordered, he fortified Kedron and stationed horsemen and infantry there, so that they could go out and patrol the roads of Judea. (1 Maccabees 15, 41)
It was then that John's brother Judas fell wounded; but John pursued them until Cendebeus reached Kedron, which he had fortified. (1 Maccabees 16, 9)
As Simon was inspecting the cities of the country and providing for their needs, he and his sons Mattathias and Judas went down to Jericho in the year one hundred and seventy-seven, in the eleventh month (that is, the month Shebat). (1 Maccabees 16, 14)
So Heliodorus immediately set out on his journey, ostensibly to visit the cities of Coelesyria and Phoenicia, but in reality to carry out the king's purpose. (2 Maccabees 3, 8)
While these things were taking place, the people of Tarsus and Mallus rose in revolt, because their cities had been given as a gift to Antiochis, the king's mistress. (2 Maccabees 4, 30)
Then Menelaus, thinking this a good opportunity, stole some gold vessels from the temple and presented them to Andronicus; he had already sold some other vessels in Tyre and in the neighboring cities. (2 Maccabees 4, 32)
At the suggestion of the citizens of Ptolemais, a decree was issued ordering the neighboring Greek cities to act in the same way against the Jews: oblige them to partake of the sacrifices, (2 Maccabees 6, 8)
So he immediately sent word to the coastal cities, inviting them to buy Jewish slaves and promising to deliver ninety slaves for a talent--little did he dream of the punishment that was to fall upon him from the Almighty. (2 Maccabees 8, 11)
Timothy, however, fled to a well-fortified stronghold called Gazara, where Chaereas was in command. (2 Maccabees 10, 32)
