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Judas rallied his army and went to the city of Adullam. As the week was ending, they purified themselves according to custom and kept the sabbath there. (2 Maccabees 12, 38)
After a private meeting with the elders, he decided that, before the king's army could invade Judea and take possession of the city, the Jews should march out and settle the matter with God's help. (2 Maccabees 13, 13)
Leaving the outcome to the Creator of the world, and exhorting his followers to fight nobly to death for the laws, the temple, the city, the country, and the government, he pitched his camp near Modein. (2 Maccabees 13, 14)
When he came to Ptolemais, the people of that city were angered by the peace treaty; in fact they were so indignant that they wanted to annul its provisions. (2 Maccabees 13, 25)
Onias then said of him, "This is God's prophet Jeremiah, who loves his brethren and fervently prays for his people and their holy city." (2 Maccabees 15, 14)
Encouraged by Judas' noble words, which had power to instill valor and stir young hearts to courage, the Jews determined not to delay, but to charge gallantly and decide the issue by hand-to-hand combat with the utmost courage, since their city and its temple with the sacred vessels were in danger. (2 Maccabees 15, 17)
Those who remained in the city suffered a like agony, anxious as they were about the battle in the open country. (2 Maccabees 15, 19)
Since Nicanor's doings ended in this way, with the city remaining in possession of the Hebrews from that time on, I will bring my own story to an end here too. (2 Maccabees 15, 37)
Down the crowded ways she calls out, at the city gates she utters her words: (Proverbs 1, 21)
By the gates at the approaches of the city, in the entryways she cries aloud: (Proverbs 8, 3)
She has sent out her maidens; she calls from the heights out over the city: (Proverbs 9, 3)
She sits at the door of her house upon a seat on the city heights, (Proverbs 9, 14)
