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They only said, 'Let us all die innocent; let heaven and earth bear witness that you are massacring us with no pretence of justice.' (1 Maccabees 2, 37)
They then proceeded to build high walls with strong towers round Mount Zion, to prevent the gentiles from coming and riding roughshod over it as in the past. (1 Maccabees 4, 60)
As they were keeping watch, a noisy procession came into sight with a great deal of baggage, and the bridegroom, with his groomsmen and his family, came out to meet it with tambourines and a band, and rich, warlike display. (1 Maccabees 9, 39)
He then proceeded to lay siege to Beth-Bassi, the fighting was protracted, and he constructed siege-engines. (1 Maccabees 9, 64)
From there he proceeded to Gaza, but the people of Gaza shut him out, so he laid siege to it, burning down its suburbs and plundering them. (1 Maccabees 11, 61)
burning down the Temple gateway and shedding innocent blood, we prayed to the Lord and were then heard. And we then offered a sacrifice, with wheat-flour, we lit the lamps and we set out the loaves." (2 Maccabees 1, 8)
Godless wretch that he was and no true high priest, Jason set no bounds to his impiety; indeed the hellenising process reached such a pitch (2 Maccabees 4, 13)
As a result of this, legal proceedings were taken against Menelaus. (2 Maccabees 4, 43)
People were driven by harsh compulsion to take part in the monthly ritual meal commemorating the king's birthday; and when a feast of Dionysus occurred, they were forced to wear ivy wreaths and walk in the Dionysiac procession. (2 Maccabees 6, 7)
to remember too the criminal slaughter of innocent babies and to avenge the blasphemies perpetrated against his name. (2 Maccabees 8, 4)
Having executed them as traitors, he at once proceeded to capture both towers. (2 Maccabees 10, 22)
If they say, 'Come with us: let us lie in ambush to shed blood; if we plan an ambush for the innocent without provocation, (Proverbs 1, 11)
