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making themselves masters of the whole country by their determination and perseverance, despite its great distance from their own; of the kings who came from the ends of the earth to attack them, only to be crushed by them and overwhelmed with disaster, and of others who paid them annual tribute; (1 Maccabees 8, 4)
they had taken him alive and imposed on him and his successors, on agreed terms, the payment of an enormous tribute, the surrender of hostages, and the cession (1 Maccabees 8, 7)
the latter had got wind of it and, sending a single general against them, had fought a campaign in which they inflicted heavy casualties, carried their women and children away into captivity, pillaged their goods, subdued their country, tore down their fortresses and reduced them to a slavery lasting to the present day; (1 Maccabees 8, 10)
One man, if they determined to help him and advance him to a throne, would certainly occupy it, while another, if they so determined, would find himself deposed; their influence was paramount. (1 Maccabees 8, 13)
If, later, either party should decide to make any addition or deletion, they will be free to do so, and any such addition or deletion will be binding. (1 Maccabees 8, 30)
Accordingly, we have today chosen you to take his place as our ruler and leader and to fight our campaigns.' (1 Maccabees 9, 30)
when he suffered a stroke, and his work was interrupted. His mouth became obstructed, and his paralysis made him incapable of speaking at all or giving directions to his household; (1 Maccabees 9, 55)
Jonathan and Simon then retired with their partisans to Beth-Bassi in the desert; they rebuilt the ruinous parts of the place and fortified it. (1 Maccabees 9, 62)
The men in the Citadel surrendered the hostages to Jonathan, who handed them back to their parents. (1 Maccabees 10, 9)
Every Jewish person taken from Judaea into captivity in any part of my kingdom I set free without ransom, and decree that all will be exempt from taxes, even on their livestock. (1 Maccabees 10, 33)
and no one will have the right to exact payment from, or to molest, any of them for any matter whatsoever. (1 Maccabees 10, 35)
And the entire surplus, which has not been paid in by the officials as in previous years, will henceforth be paid over by them for work on the Temple. (1 Maccabees 10, 41)
