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But Gorgias, when he was the leader of the places, taking to him new arrivals, frequently made war against the Jews. (2 Maccabees 10, 14)
In truth, the Jews, who held the strategic fortresses, took in those who were fleeing from Jerusalem, and they attempted to make war. (2 Maccabees 10, 15)
And Timothy, who had been overcome by the Jews before, calling together a multitude of foreign troops and gathering horsemen from Asia, arrived as if he would capture Judea with arms. (2 Maccabees 10, 24)
But, while they were fighting vehemently, to the adversaries there appeared from heaven five men on horses, which were adorned with bridles of gold, providing leadership to the Jews. (2 Maccabees 10, 29)
Gathering together eight thousand, along with all the horsemen, he came against the Jews, thinking that the city would certainly be captured, making it a dwelling place for the Gentiles, (2 Maccabees 11, 2)
Then Maccabeus assented to the request of Lysias, considering it useful in every way. And whatever Maccabeus wrote to Lysias, concerning the Jews, the king consented to it. (2 Maccabees 11, 15)
For there were letters written to the Jews from Lysias, which, indeed, were composed in this way: “Lysias, to the people of the Jews: greetings. (2 Maccabees 11, 16)
We have heard that the Jews would not consent to my father to convert to the rites of the Greeks, but that they chose to keep to their own institutions, and, because of this, that they ask of us to leave them to their own laws. (2 Maccabees 11, 24)
Truly, the letter of the king to the Jews was such as this: “King Antiochus to the senate of the Jews, and to the rest of the Jews: greetings. (2 Maccabees 11, 27)
so that the Jews may make use of their own foods and laws, just as also before, and so that none of them should endure any kind of trouble for things which have been done by ignorance. (2 Maccabees 11, 31)
But the Romans also now sent a letter, having this in it: “Quintus Memmius and Titus Manilius, ambassadors of the Romans, to the people of the Jews: greetings. (2 Maccabees 11, 34)
After these pacts were made, Lysias proceeded on to the king, but the Jews undertook the work of agriculture. (2 Maccabees 12, 1)
