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We do write back again to you, that your cattle and goods are our's, and our's are your's We do command therefore our ambassadors to make report unto you on this wise. (1 Maccabees 12, 23)
Now as soon as the people heard these words, their spirit revived. (1 Maccabees 13, 7)
As for the land of Judea, that was quiet all the days of Simon; for he sought the good of his nation in such wise, as that evermore his authority and honour pleased them well. (1 Maccabees 14, 4)
Also that it should be lawful for none of the people or priests to break any of these things, or to gainsay his words, or to gather an assembly in the country without him, or to be clothed in purple, or wear a buckle of gold; (1 Maccabees 14, 44)
It was also declared, that he being wise offered the sacrifice of dedication, and of the finishing of the temple. (2 Maccabees 2, 9)
But Heliodorus, because of the king's commandment given him, said, That in any wise it must be brought into the king's treasury. (2 Maccabees 3, 13)
And seeing that thou hast been scourged from heaven, declare unto all men the mighty power of God. And when they had spoken these words, they appeared no more. (2 Maccabees 3, 34)
But let this that we at spoken be for a warning unto us. And now will we come to the declaring of the matter in a few words. (2 Maccabees 6, 17)
For it becometh not our age, said he, in any wise to dissemble, whereby many young persons might think that Eleazar, being fourscore years old and ten, were now gone to a strange religion; (2 Maccabees 6, 24)
And leave a notable example to such as be young to die willingly and courageously for the honourable and holy laws. And when he had said these words, immediately he went to the torment: (2 Maccabees 6, 28)
Now Antiochus, thinking himself despised, and suspecting it to be a reproachful speech, whilst the youngest was yet alive, did not only exhort him by words, but also assured him with oaths, that he would make him both a rich and a happy man, if he would turn from the laws of his fathers; and that also he would take him for his friend, and trust him with affairs. (2 Maccabees 7, 24)
And when he had exhorted her with many words, she promised him that she would counsel her son. (2 Maccabees 7, 26)
