Found 1045 Results for: Worship In Jerusalem
He then sent others to seize Jerusalem and the Temple hill. (1 Maccabees 16, 20)
Greetings to our brothers, the Jews in Egypt, from their brothers, the Jews in Jerusalem and in the region of Judea - may you have peace and happiness. (2 Maccabees 1, 1)
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)
The inhabitants of Jerusalem and Judea, their senators and Judas, to Aristobulus, teacher of King Ptolemy, belonging to the family of the anointed priests, and to the Jews in Egypt: greetings and prosperity. (2 Maccabees 1, 10)
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 reported to him that the treasury in Jerusalem was full of untold wealth, that there was a great amount of money which had nothing to do with the expenses required by the sacrifices, and that all this could easily be brought under the control of the king. (2 Maccabees 3, 6)
On his arrival in Jerusalem, he was hospitably received by the city and the High Priest to whom he related the report that had been made. He revealed the reason for his coming and asked the High Priest if the report was really true. (2 Maccabees 3, 9)
The king asked Heliodorus who could be sent again to Jerusalem to carry out what he failed to do. Heliodorus answered him, (2 Maccabees 3, 37)
He further committed himself to pay one hundred fifty more talents if he would be allowed to establish on his own account a gymnasium with a Center for the cultural advancement of the youth and if the statute of Antioquian citizenship could apply to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, as well. (2 Maccabees 4, 9)
the wicked Jason sent as envoys some "citizens of Antioch" from the inhabitants of Jerusalem and he entrusted to them three hundred drachmas of silver allotted for the sacrifice to Hercules. When these envoys came, they decided that it was not fitting to spend the money on the sacrifice, but preferred to spend it on other things. (2 Maccabees 4, 19)
So, he left Joppa, and went to Jerusalem where he was well received by Jason and the whole city, entering the city in the midst of acclamations and torches. Then, he went with his troops to Phoenicia. (2 Maccabees 4, 22)
When the king returned to the regions of Coele-Syria, the Jews of Jerusalem, together with the Greeks who were for justice, went to see him and complained about the murder of Onias. (2 Maccabees 4, 36)
