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Lysias was to send an army against them to crush and destroy the power of Israel and the remnant of Jerusalem and efface their memory from the land. (1 Maccabees 3, 35)
When Judas perceived that the struggle had begun and that the noise of the battle was resounding to heaven with trumpet blasts and loud shouting, (1 Maccabees 5, 31)
"You are the only one who resists us. I am laughed at and put to shame on your account. Why are you displaying power against us in the mountains? (1 Maccabees 10, 70)
The land was at rest all the days of Simon, who sought the good of his nation. His people were delighted with his power and his magnificence throughout his reign. (1 Maccabees 14, 4)
But just as he was approaching the treasury with his bodyguards, the Lord of spirits who holds all power manifested himself in so striking a way that those who had been bold enough to follow Heliodorus were panic-stricken at God's power and fainted away in terror. (2 Maccabees 3, 24)
The man who a moment before had entered that treasury with a great retinue and his whole bodyguard was carried away helpless, having clearly experienced the sovereign power of God. (2 Maccabees 3, 28)
While he lay speechless and deprived of all hope of aid, due to an act of God's power, (2 Maccabees 3, 29)
Since you have been scourged by Heaven, proclaim to all men the majesty of God's power." When they had said this, they disappeared. (2 Maccabees 3, 34)
"If you have an enemy or a plotter against the government, send him there, and you will receive him back well-flogged, if indeed he survives at all; for there is certainly some special divine power about the Place. (2 Maccabees 3, 38)
But Menelaus, thanks to the covetousness of the men in power, remained in office, where he grew in wickedness and became the chief plotter against his fellow citizens. (2 Maccabees 4, 50)
he said: "Since you have power among men, mortal though you are, do what you please. But do not think that our nation is forsaken by God. (2 Maccabees 7, 16)
Only wait, and you will see how his great power will torment you and your descendants." (2 Maccabees 7, 17)
