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He settled Jewish soldiers in it and fortified it for the security of the region and the city, and built the walls of Jerusalem higher. (1 Maccabees 14, 37)
the following letter: "King Antiochus to Simon, high priest and leader, and to the Jewish nation: peace! (1 Maccabees 15, 2)
The Jewish people sent by the High Priest Simon and by the Jewish people have come to us as our friends and allies to renew our friendship and alliance of old. (1 Maccabees 15, 17)
He also sent other men to Gazara in order to kill John, and asked the commanders of the Jewish troops in a letter to defect to him, promising them silver, gold and gifts. (1 Maccabees 16, 19)
May he give you all a heart to worship him and to fulfill his will with generosity and a well-disposed spirit. (2 Maccabees 1, 3)
for God has saved all his people and returned to everyone his own land. He let us recover the kingdom, the Temple, and the worship rendered to him in that Temple, (2 Maccabees 2, 17)
and he left Andronicus in Gerizim. Besides there was Menelaus, who surpassed them in his hatred for his fellow citizens. This man had indeed a deep hatred for his Jewish brothers. (2 Maccabees 5, 23)
Nicanor intended to raise two thousand talents by the sale of Jewish slaves in order to pay for the tribute the king owed to the Romans. (2 Maccabees 8, 10)
He also reminded them of what had happened in Babylonia, in the battle against the Galatians. On that day, eight thousand Jews fought side by side with four thousand Macedonians, and as the Macedonians were hard pressed, their Jewish allies alone killed twenty thousand of the enemies' troops with heaven's help and seized a great booty. (2 Maccabees 8, 20)
They also decided by public vote that this event would be commemorated annually by the whole Jewish nation. (2 Maccabees 10, 8)
Lysias wrote to them as follows: "From Lysias to the Jewish people, greetings. (2 Maccabees 11, 16)
This was the king's letter to the Jewish people: "King Antiochus to the Council of Elders and to the Jewish people: greetings! (2 Maccabees 11, 27)
