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And exhorting them, he said: “You know what great battles I, and my brothers, and the house of my father, have fought for the laws and for the holy places, and the anguish that we have seen. (1 Maccabees 13, 3)
He glorified the sanctuary, and he multiplied the vessels of the holy places. (1 Maccabees 14, 15)
in a great convocation of the priests, and the people, and the leaders of the nation, and the elders of the country, these things were noted: ‘Now there have often been battles in our country. (1 Maccabees 14, 28)
And Simon, the son of Mattathias, of the sons of Jarib, and his brothers, have put themselves in danger, and have withstood the enemies of their nation, so as to establish their holy places and the law. And they have glorified their people with great glory. (1 Maccabees 14, 29)
And their enemies wanted to trample and lay waste to their country, and to extend their hands against their holy places. (1 Maccabees 14, 31)
and that he should take care of the holy places, and that he should be obeyed by all, and that all the records in the country should be recorded in his name, and that he should be clothed in purple and gold, (1 Maccabees 14, 43)
Moreover, let Jerusalem be holy and free. And all the weapons that have been made, and the fortresses that you have constructed, or that you hold, let them remain with you. (1 Maccabees 15, 7)
And they sounded the holy trumpets. And Cendebeus and his army were turned back. And many of them fell wounded. But the rest fled into the fortress. (1 Maccabees 16, 8)
When Demetrius reigned, in the one hundred and sixty-ninth year, we Jews wrote to you during the tribulation and assaults which overcame us in those years, from the time that Jason withdrew from the holy land and from the kingdom. (2 Maccabees 1, 7)
For he caused those who fought against us and against the holy city to burst forth from Persia. (2 Maccabees 1, 12)
Establish your people in your holy place, just as Moses said.” (2 Maccabees 1, 29)
Moreover, these same things were put into the descriptions and commentaries of Nehemiah, including how, when constructing a library, he gathered together from the regions the books of the Prophets, and of David, and the epistles of the kings, and from the holy gifts. (2 Maccabees 2, 13)
