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And so a copy of the edict of king Artaxerxes was read before Rehum, the commander, and Shimshai, the scribe, and their counselors. And they went away hurriedly to Jerusalem, to the Jews. And they prohibited them by force and by strength. (Ezra 4, 23)
And he glorified it, in its power, with the force of his army and with the glory of his chariots. (Judith 1, 4)
And he caused his entire expeditionary force to go ahead with an innumerable multitude of camels, with whatever was needed in abundance for the armies, and with herds of cattle, and flocks of sheep, which could not be numbered. (Judith 2, 8)
Now again my conversation is in bitterness, and the force of my scourging weighs more heavily on me because of my mourning. (Job 23, 2)
They reap a field that is not their own, and they harvest a vineyard that they have taken by force. (Job 24, 6)
And Judas heard of it, and he rose up, with his powerful men, to strike the force from the king’s army that was in Emmaus. (1 Maccabees 4, 3)
And Bacchides heard about this, and he came on the day of the Sabbath all the way to the coast of the Jordan, with a great force. (1 Maccabees 9, 43)
For whatever we have established remains in force for you. The strongholds that you have built, let them be yours. (1 Maccabees 13, 38)
And so, when these things were done, the king suspected that the Jews would desert the alliance. And because of this, departing from Egypt with a raging soul, he indeed took the city by force. (2 Maccabees 5, 11)
And, persevering with much force, they obtained the places, killing those they met, and cutting down in all no less than twenty thousand. (2 Maccabees 10, 17)
or, like a bird flying through the air, there is no evidence of her journey to be found, but there is hardly a sound as the beating of her wings lifts up the air and, by the force of her journey, divides the air she has flown across, which was disturbed by her wings, and afterwards there is no sign of her journey to be found; (Wisdom of Solomon 5, 11)
the natures of animals, and the rage of wild beasts, the force of winds, and the reasonings of men, the diversities of plants, and the benefits of roots, (Wisdom of Solomon 7, 20)
