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When he saw their military strength, he prayed, "Blessed are you, Savior of Israel, who broke the warrior's strength by the hand of your servant David, and handed over the camp of the Philistines to the power of Jonathan, son of Saul, and to his armor-bearer. (1 Maccabees 4, 30)
About five hundred of Nicanor's men fell and the rest fled to the city of David. (1 Maccabees 7, 32)
and were a strong ally in war. He was told of their wars and of their exploits among the Gauls whom they conquered and forced to pay taxes, (1 Maccabees 8, 2)
So we now choose you to take his place, to be our head and lead us in our wars." So from that day on, (1 Maccabees 9, 30)
For our part, we have been involved in many trials, in misery and wars, for neighboring kings have attacked us. (1 Maccabees 12, 13)
However, we did not want to be a burden to you or to the rest of our allies and friends during these wars, (1 Maccabees 12, 14)
There he called the people together and encouraged them with this exhortation: "All of you know what I, my brothers, and the family of my father have done for the laws and for the Holy Place. You also know the wars and the hardships we endured. (1 Maccabees 13, 3)
"During the frequent wars for freedom in our land, Simon, the son of Mattathias, a priest from the family of Joarib, and his brothers risked their lives and stood up against the enemies of their nation to preserve the Holy Place and the Law, and brought eternal glory to their nation. (1 Maccabees 14, 29)
In his days, the Jews managed to root out the pagans from their land, especially from the city of David, Jerusalem, where they had built a Citadel from which they went out to profane the surroundings of the temple and to violate its holiness. (1 Maccabees 14, 36)
This also can be read in the archives and in the Memories of Nehemiah's time. It is recounted there that Nehemiah founded a library and collected the books dealing with the kings and the prophets, the writings of David and the letters of the kings about offerings. (2 Maccabees 2, 13)
the wars against Antiochus Epiphanes and his son Eupator, (2 Maccabees 2, 20)
These are proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: (Proverbs 1, 1)
