Found 2263 Results for: King Hezekiah
for he went to the king at Ptolemais, taking silver and gold and clothing and numerous other gifts. And he won his favor. (1 Maccabees 11, 24)
the king treated him as his predecessors had treated him; he exalted him in the presence of all his friends. (1 Maccabees 11, 26)
Then Jonathan asked the king to free Judea and the three districts of Samaria from tribute, and promised him three hundred talents. (1 Maccabees 11, 28)
The king consented, and wrote a letter to Jonathan about all these things; its contents were as follows: (1 Maccabees 11, 29)
"King Demetrius to Jonathan his brother and to the nation of the Jews, greeting. (1 Maccabees 11, 30)
`King Demetrius to Lasthenes his father, greeting. (1 Maccabees 11, 32)
We have confirmed as their possession both the territory of Judea and the three districts of Aphairema and Lydda and Rathamin; the latter, with all the region bordering them, were added to Judea from Samaria. To all those who offer sacrifice in Jerusalem, we have granted release from the royal taxes which the king formerly received from them each year, from the crops of the land and the fruit of the trees. (1 Maccabees 11, 34)
Now when Demetrius the king saw that the land was quiet before him and that there was no opposition to him, he dismissed all his troops, each man to his own place, except the foreign troops which he had recruited from the islands of the nations. So all the troops who had served his fathers hated him. (1 Maccabees 11, 38)
and insistently urged him to hand Antiochus over to him, to become king in place of his father. He also reported to Imalkue what Demetrius had done and told of the hatred which the troops of Demetrius had for him; and he stayed there many days. (1 Maccabees 11, 40)
Now Jonathan sent to Demetrius the king the request that he remove the troops of the citadel from Jerusalem, and the troops in the strongholds; for they kept fighting against Israel. (1 Maccabees 11, 41)
So Jonathan sent three thousand stalwart men to him at Antioch, and when they came to the king, the king rejoiced at their arrival. (1 Maccabees 11, 44)
Then the men of the city assembled within the city, to the number of a hundred and twenty thousand, and they wanted to kill the king. (1 Maccabees 11, 45)
