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Juda’s cities he fortified, and others besides; Bethsura on the frontiers, once a stronghold of the enemy, garrisoned now by Jews, (1 Maccabees 14, 33)
Here were the Jews, priests and people both, agreed that he should rule them, granting him the high priesthood✻ by right inalienable, until true prophet they should have once more. (1 Maccabees 14, 41)
Now turn we to Demetrius’ other son, Antiochus.✻ He it was directed a letter, from the islands over sea, to Simon, high priest and ruler of the Jews, and to the whole nation; (1 Maccabees 15, 1)
and this was the tenour of it. King Antiochus, to the high priest Simon and to the people of the Jews, greeting. (1 Maccabees 15, 2)
Envoys we have but now received in audience from a friendly country, to wit, Judaea; the people of the Jews, with their high priest Simon, had sent to renew their old treaty of alliance with us, (1 Maccabees 15, 17)
So he marched away to Jamnia, and set about harassing the Jews; now it was an inroad, with prisoners carried away, now a massacre; and all the while he was fortifying Gedor. (1 Maccabees 15, 40)
To their brethren, the Jews of Egypt, those of Jerusalem and Judaea send brotherly greeting and good health.✻ (2 Maccabees 1, 1)
Written in the hundred and eighty-eighth year.The common folk of Jerusalem and Judaea,✻ their council of elders, and I, Judas, to Aristobulus, of the anointed priestly race, that was master of king Ptolemy, and to the Jews of Egypt, greeting and health. (2 Maccabees 1, 10)
The news travelled, till the Persian king himself was told how water appeared where exiled priests had hidden the fire, how, with this water, Nehemias and his company had bathed the sacrifice. (2 Maccabees 1, 33)
This was anxious news for the high priest; what if the king should suspect the Jews of foul play? Offer sacrifice he did for the man’s recovery, and with good effect. (2 Maccabees 3, 32)
Till now, the Jews had followed their own customs, by grace of a royal privilege; it was John that won it for them, father of that Eupolemus, who afterwards went in embassage to Rome, to make a treaty of alliance. But Jason would abrogate these customs; common right should be none, and great wrong should find acceptance instead. (2 Maccabees 4, 11)
Here was great matter of indignation, and not among the Jews only; the very heathen took it amiss, so great a man should meet so unworthy an end. (2 Maccabees 4, 35)
