Found 2006 Results for: Defeat Of Israel

• The people suffered this great defeat because the Jewish commanders did not listen to Judas and his brothers, thinking they themselves were capable of great deeds. (1 Maccabees 5, 61)

• They did not belong to those to whom the deliverance of Israel had been entrusted. (1 Maccabees 5, 62)

• The valiant Judas and his brothers were greatly honored in Israel and became famous among the foreigners who heard of them, (1 Maccabees 5, 63)

• These men from the group of the Hasideans, the first to seek peace in Israel, (1 Maccabees 7, 13)

• Judas saw that Alcimus and his men were an even greater menace to Israel than the pagans had been. (1 Maccabees 7, 23)

• The king then sent Nicanor, one of his more illustrious generals and a known enemy of Israel, with the mission to utterly destroy this people. (1 Maccabees 7, 26)

• "Judas Maccabeus, his brothers and the people of Israel have sent us to you to conclude a covenant of peace with you and to be numbered among your allies and friends." (1 Maccabees 8, 20)

• When Demetrius was informed of the death of Nicanor and the defeat of his army, he sent Bacchides and Alcimus back to Judea with the best troops of his army. (1 Maccabees 9, 1)

• Yet in spite of being dismayed, he did his best to encourage those who remained with him: "Let us fight our enemies. We may yet be able to defeat them." (1 Maccabees 9, 8)

• All the people of Israel mourned and wept for him for many days, repeating this lamentation: (1 Maccabees 9, 20)

• "How the hero has fallen, he who saved Israel." (1 Maccabees 9, 21)

• After the death of Judas, the renegades reappeared throughout the territory of Israel and the evildoers took courage. (1 Maccabees 9, 23)