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He left Lysias, a distinguished man of royal lineage, in charge of the king's affairs from the river Euphrates to the borders of Egypt. (1 Maccabees 3, 32)
Then Joseph and Azariah were routed, and were pursued to the borders of Judea; as many as two thousand of the people of Israel fell that day. (1 Maccabees 5, 60)
And not against us alone have they stretched out their hands, but also against all the lands on their borders. (1 Maccabees 6, 25)
Simon his brother he made governor from the Ladder of Tyre to the borders of Egypt. (1 Maccabees 11, 59)
He extended the borders of his nation, and gained full control of the country. (1 Maccabees 14, 6)
He fortified the cities of Judea, and Beth-zur on the borders of Judea, where formerly the arms of the enemy had been stored, and he placed there a garrison of Jews. (1 Maccabees 14, 33)
He also fortified Joppa, which is by the sea, and Gazara, which is on the borders of Azotus, where the enemy formerly dwelt. He settled Jews there, and provided in those cities whatever was necessary for their restoration. (1 Maccabees 14, 34)
Now then, hand over the cities which you have seized and the tribute money of the places which you have conquered outside the borders of Judea; (1 Maccabees 15, 30)
Moreover, I understand how the princes along the borders and the neighbors to my kingdom keep watching for opportunities and waiting to see what will happen. So I have appointed my son Antiochus to be king, whom I have often entrusted and commended to most of you when I hastened off to the upper provinces; and I have written to him what is written here. (2 Maccabees 9, 25)
But thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation; thou art glorified; thou hast enlarged all the borders of the land. (Isaiah 26, 15)
Violence shall no more be heard in your land, devastation or destruction within your borders; you shall call your walls Salvation, and your gates Praise. (Isaiah 60, 18)
Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders made perfect your beauty. (Ezekiel 27, 4)
