Found 408 Results for: Deceased Brother's Duty
Saying: We have detained thy brother Jonathan for the money that he owed in the king's account, by reason of the affairs which he had the management of. (1 Maccabees 13, 15)
And Simon sent, and took the bones of Jonathan his brother, and buried them in Modin, in the city of his fathers. (1 Maccabees 13, 25)
But when they heard that Simon his brother was made high priest in his place, and was possessed of all the country, and the cities therein: (1 Maccabees 14, 17)
At that time Judas John's brother was wounded: but John pursued after them, till he came to Cedron, which he had built: (1 Maccabees 16, 9)
For to collect all that is to be known, to put the discourse in order, and curiously to discuss every particular point, is the duty of the author of a history: (2 Maccabees 2, 31)
But after the death of Seleucus, when Antiochus, who was called the Illustrious, had taken possession of the kingdom, Jason the brother of Onias ambitiously sought the high priesthood: (2 Maccabees 4, 7)
Three years afterwards Jason sent Menelaus, brother of the aforesaid Simon, to carry money to the king, and to bring answers from him concerning certain necessary affairs. (2 Maccabees 4, 23)
Then Jason, who had undermined his own brother, being himself undermined, was driven out a fugitive into the country of the Ammonites (2 Maccabees 4, 26)
And Menelaus was removed from the priesthood, Lysimachus his brother succeeding: and Sostratus was made governor of the Cyprians. (2 Maccabees 4, 29)
Antiochus therefore was grieved in his mind for Onias, and being moved to pity, shed tears, remembering the sobriety and modesty of the deceased. (2 Maccabees 4, 37)
And having for two days together pillaged and sacked the fortress, they killed Timotheus, who was found hid in a certain place: they slew also his brother Chereas, and Apollophanes. (2 Maccabees 10, 37)
But the king's letter contained these words: King Antiochus to Lysias his brother, greeting. (2 Maccabees 11, 22)
