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After consulting privately with the elders, he determined to march out and decide the matter by the help of God before the king's army could enter Judea and get possession of the city. (2 Maccabees 13, 13)
So, committing the decision to the Creator of the world and exhorting his men to fight nobly to the death for the laws, temple, city, country, and commonwealth, he pitched his camp near Modein. (2 Maccabees 13, 14)
And Onias spoke, saying, "This is a man who loves the brethren and prays much for the people and the holy city, Jeremiah, the prophet of God." (2 Maccabees 15, 14)
Encouraged by the words of Judas, so noble and so effective in arousing valor and awaking manliness in the souls of the young, they determined not to carry on a campaign but to attack bravely, and to decide the matter, by fighting hand to hand with all courage, because the city and the sanctuary and the temple were in danger. (2 Maccabees 15, 17)
And those who had to remain in the city were in no little distress, being anxious over the encounter in the open country. (2 Maccabees 15, 19)
This, then, is how matters turned out with Nicanor. And from that time the city has been in the possession of the Hebrews. So I too will here end my story. (2 Maccabees 15, 37)
on the top of the walls she cries out; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks: (Proverbs 1, 21)
beside the gates in front of the town, at the entrance of the portals she cries aloud: (Proverbs 8, 3)
Happy is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting beside my doors. (Proverbs 8, 34)
A rich man's wealth is his strong city; the poverty of the poor is their ruin. (Proverbs 10, 15)
When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices; and when the wicked perish there are shouts of gladness. (Proverbs 11, 10)
By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked. (Proverbs 11, 11)
