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as if they would exchange the glory that dwelt among them for the semblance of a bullock at grass. (Psalms 105, 20)
All my heart goes out to the Lord in praise, Before the assembly where the just are gathered. (Psalms 110, 1)
So, with overwhelming force, with chariots and elephants and horsemen and a great array of ships, he marched on Egypt, (1 Maccabees 1, 18)
Her pride was the measure of that abasement, her glory of that shame. (1 Maccabees 1, 42)
and Caleb, that spoke out in the assembly, what broad acres were his! (1 Maccabees 2, 56)
So a general assembly was called; they must make ready for the fight, and pray besides, to win mercy and pardon. (1 Maccabees 3, 44)
That night, a detachment of five thousand foot and a thousand picked horsemen left their lines, under the command of Gorgias, (1 Maccabees 4, 1)
No wonder if Judas and his brethren, with the whole assembly of Israel, made a decree that this feast should be kept year by year for eight days together, the feast-day of the altar’s dedication.✻ Came that season, from the twenty-fifth day of Casleu onwards, all was to be rejoicing and holiday. (1 Maccabees 4, 59)
What learned Judas from the scouts he had sent forward? Here were all the neighbouring tribes assembled in great force, (1 Maccabees 5, 38)
and so divided here and there among the troops. A thousand foot-soldiers were assigned to each, in coat of mail and helmet of bronze; with each went five hundred picked horsemen; (1 Maccabees 6, 35)
And what of Antiochus the Great, that ruled all Asia, and came against them with a hundred and twenty elephants, with horsemen and chariots, and a great array besides? The Romans overcame him, (1 Maccabees 8, 6)
Apollonius, by a secret feint, had left a thousand horsemen encamped in their rear; (1 Maccabees 10, 79)
