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Mercenary forces also came to him from other kingdoms and from the islands of the seas. (1 Maccabees 6, 29)
In the year one hundred and fifty-one, Demetrius, son of Seleucus, set out from Rome, arrived with a few men in a city on the seacoast, and began to rule there. (1 Maccabees 7, 1)
"May it be well with the Romans and the Jewish nation at sea and on land forever; may sword and enemy be far from them. (1 Maccabees 8, 23)
If they complain about you again, we will do them justice and make war on you by land and sea.'" (1 Maccabees 8, 32)
"Now that I have returned to my realm, taken my seat on the throne of my fathers, and established my rule by crushing Demetrius and gaining control of my country-- (1 Maccabees 10, 52)
King Ptolemy answered in these words: "Happy the day on which you returned to the land of your fathers and took your seat on their royal throne! (1 Maccabees 10, 55)
The king also had him seated at his side. He said to his magistrates: "Go with him to the center of the city and make a proclamation that no one is to bring charges against him on any grounds or be troublesome to him in any way." (1 Maccabees 10, 63)
The king of Egypt gathered his forces, as numerous as the sands of the seashore, and many ships; and he sought by deceit to take Alexander's kingdom and add it to his own. (1 Maccabees 11, 1)
Plotting evil against Alexander, King Ptolemy took possession of the cities along the seacoast as far as Seleucia-by-the-Sea. (1 Maccabees 11, 8)
For the pyramids he devised a setting of big columns, on which he carved suits of armor as a perpetual memorial, and next to the armor he placed carved ships, which could be seen by all who sailed the sea. (1 Maccabees 13, 29)
As his crowning glory he captured the port of Joppa and made it a gateway to the isles of the sea. (1 Maccabees 14, 5)
He also fortified Joppa by the sea and Gazara on the border of Azotus, a place previously occupied by the enemy; these cities he resettled with Jews, and furnished them with all that was necessary for their restoration. (1 Maccabees 14, 34)
