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"And none of the people or priests shall be permitted to nullify any of these decisions or to oppose what he says, or to convene an assembly in the country without his permission, or to be clothed in purple or put on a gold buckle. (1 Maccabees 14, 44)
and have brought a gold shield weighing a thousand minas. (1 Maccabees 15, 18)
And Simon sent to Antiochus two thousand picked men, to fight for him, and silver and gold and much military equipment. (1 Maccabees 15, 26)
So Athenobius the friend of the king came to Jerusalem, and when he saw the splendor of Simon, and the sideboard with its gold and silver plate, and his great magnificence, he was amazed. He reported to him the words of the king, (1 Maccabees 15, 32)
Now Ptolemy the son of Abubus had been appointed governor over the plain of Jericho, and he had much silver and gold, (1 Maccabees 16, 11)
He sent other men to Gazara to do away with John; he sent letters to the captains asking them to come to him so that he might give them silver and gold and gifts; (1 Maccabees 16, 19)
Since on the twenty-fifth day of Chislev we shall celebrate the purification of the temple, we thought it necessary to notify you, in order that you also may celebrate the feast of booths and the feast of the fire given when Nehemiah, who built the temple and the altar, offered sacrifices. (2 Maccabees 1, 18)
For when our fathers were being led captive to Persia, the pious priests of that time took some of the fire of the altar and secretly hid it in the hollow of a dry cistern, where they took such precautions that the place was unknown to any one. (2 Maccabees 1, 19)
When this was done, a flame blazed up; but when the light from the altar shone back, it went out. (2 Maccabees 1, 32)
and that the prophet after giving them the law instructed those who were being deported not to forget the commandments of the Lord, nor to be led astray in their thoughts upon seeing the gold and silver statues and their adornment. (2 Maccabees 2, 2)
And Jeremiah came and found a cave, and he brought there the tent and the ark and the altar of incense, and he sealed up the entrance. (2 Maccabees 2, 5)
The story of Judas Maccabeus and his brothers, and the purification of the great temple, and the dedication of the altar, (2 Maccabees 2, 19)
