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But in vain were such promises made to Jonathan and the Jewish folk, nor credence found they any nor assent. Could they forget all the mischief Demetrius had done in Israel, all the tyranny they had endured? (1 Maccabees 10, 46)
On the twenty-third day of the second month, in the hundred and seventy-first year, in came the Jewish folk singing praise and bearing palm-branches, with music of harp, and cymbals, and zither, and chanting of psalms; of such ill neighbours Israel was now rid. (1 Maccabees 13, 51)
Among his own folk, what comfort he gave the friendless, how scrutinized the law, what short work made of traitor and malcontent; (1 Maccabees 14, 14)
Here was Rome itself greeting the Jewish folk as allies, good friends, and kinsmen, welcoming the envoys of Simon with civic state. (1 Maccabees 14, 40)
Here is the kingdom of my fathers overrun by ill folk; I mean to challenge them, and bring back the old ways. To this end, I have made a great levy of mercenaries, and built ships of war; (1 Maccabees 15, 3)
Written in the hundred and eighty-eighth year.The common folk of Jerusalem and Judaea,✻ their council of elders, and I, Judas, to Aristobulus, of the anointed priestly race, that was master of king Ptolemy, and to the Jews of Egypt, greeting and health. (2 Maccabees 1, 10)
Solomon, the master of wisdom, that in his wisdom offered sacrifice to hallow the temple he had made. (2 Maccabees 2, 9)
Folk streamed out of their houses in droves, to make public intercession over the affront that should be put on the holy place; (2 Maccabees 3, 18)
and pity it was to see how common folk about him were sharing the high priest’s agony of suspense. (2 Maccabees 3, 21)
Little enough it liked him to bring an ill name on his fellow-citizens; yet common good of the Jewish folk he must needs have in mind; (2 Maccabees 4, 5)
Meanwhile, word had gone abroad at Jerusalem, how Lysimachus was ever robbing the temple, by Menelaus’ contrivance. Great store of gold was lost already; but now there was a rising of the common folk against Lysimachus, (2 Maccabees 4, 39)
Nor might all this content him; with Menelaus for his guide, that was traitor to faith and folk, what must he do but make his way into God’s temple, holier in all the world is none? (2 Maccabees 5, 15)
