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After these events Nicanor went up to Mount Zion. Some of the priests came out of the Holy Place with some elders, to give him a friendly welcome and show him the burnt offering being presented for the king. (1 Maccabees 7, 33)
Jonathan then took up residence in Jerusalem and began the rebuilding and restoration of the city. (1 Maccabees 10, 10)
The reconstruction of the walls of Jerusalem and the fortification of the perimeter will also be a charge on the royal exchequer, as also the reconstruction of other city walls in Judaea.' (1 Maccabees 10, 45)
The king then seated him by his side and said to his officers, 'Escort him into the centre of the city and proclaim that no one is to bring charges against him on any count; no one is to molest him for any reason.' (1 Maccabees 10, 63)
You will make yourself responsible for having a copy of this made, to be given to Jonathan and displayed on the holy mountain in a conspicuous place." ' (1 Maccabees 11, 37)
The citizens crowded together in the centre of the city, to the number of some hundred and twenty thousand, intending to kill the king. (1 Maccabees 11, 45)
The king took refuge in the palace, while the citizens occupied the thoroughfares of the city and began to attack. (1 Maccabees 11, 46)
The king then called on the Jews for help; and these all rallied round him, then fanned out through the city, and that day killed about a hundred thousand of its inhabitants. (1 Maccabees 11, 47)
They fired the city, seizing a great deal of plunder at the same time, and secured the king's safety. (1 Maccabees 11, 48)
When the citizens saw that the Jews had the city at their mercy, their courage failed them, and they made an abject appeal to the king, (1 Maccabees 11, 49)
'Give us the right hand of peace, and let the Jews stop their fight against us and the city.' (1 Maccabees 11, 50)
For our part, though we have no need of these, having the consolation of the holy books in our possession, (1 Maccabees 12, 9)
