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Then he departed with haste and returned to Antioch. He found Philip in control of the city, but he fought against him, and took the city by force. (1 Maccabees 6, 63)
So they trusted him; but he seized sixty of them and killed them in one day, in accordance with the word which was written, (1 Maccabees 7, 16)
Then the king sent Nicanor, one of his honored princes, who hated and detested Israel, and he commanded him to destroy the people. (1 Maccabees 7, 26)
and how they had gained control of the whole region by their planning and patience, even though the place was far distant from them. They also subdued the kings who came against them from the ends of the earth, until they crushed them and inflicted great disaster upon them; the rest paid them tribute every year. (1 Maccabees 8, 4)
and instead of collecting the third of the grain and the half of the fruit of the trees that I should receive, I release them from this day and henceforth. I will not collect them from the land of Judah or from the three districts added to it from Samaria and Galilee, from this day and for all time. (1 Maccabees 10, 30)
Moreover, the five thousand shekels of silver which my officials have received every year from the income of the services of the temple, this too is canceled, because it belongs to the priests who minister there. (1 Maccabees 10, 42)
When Apollonius heard of it, he mustered three thousand cavalry and a large army, and went to Azotus as though he were going farther. At the same time he advanced into the plain, for he had a large troop of cavalry and put confidence in it. (1 Maccabees 10, 77)
Then Simon brought forward his force and engaged the phalanx in battle (for the cavalry was exhausted); they were overwhelmed by him and fled, (1 Maccabees 10, 82)
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)
Jonathan trusted him and did as he said; he sent away the troops, and they returned to the land of Judah. (1 Maccabees 12, 46)
So he assembled all the warriors and hastened to complete the walls of Jerusalem, and he fortified it on every side. (1 Maccabees 13, 10)
"Since wars often occurred in the country, Simon the son of Mattathias, a priest of the sons of Joarib, and his brothers, exposed themselves to danger and resisted the enemies of their nation, in order that their sanctuary and the law might be perserved; and they brought great glory to their nation. (1 Maccabees 14, 29)
