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Yet I was kindly and beloved in my rule.' But I now recall the evils I did in Jerusalem, when I carried away all the vessels of gold and silver that were in it, and for no cause gave orders that the inhabitants of Judah be destroyed. (1 Maccabees 6, 12)
They set out and, on arriving in the land of Judah with a great army, sent messengers who spoke deceitfully to Judas and his brothers in peaceful terms. (1 Maccabees 7, 10)
and all those who were disturbing their people gathered about him. They took possession of the land of Judah and caused great distress in Israel. (1 Maccabees 7, 22)
And for a short time the land of Judah was quiet. (1 Maccabees 7, 50)
When Demetrius heard that Nicanor and his army had fallen in battle, he again sent Bacchides and Alcimus into the land of Judah, along with the right wing of his army. (1 Maccabees 9, 1)
Seeing that Alcimus was dead, Bacchides returned to the king, and the land of Judah was quiet for two years. Bacchides and Jonathan (1 Maccabees 9, 57)
and he released the prisoners he had previously taken from the land of Judah. He returned to his own country and never came into their territory again. (1 Maccabees 9, 72)
Instead of collecting the third of the grain and the half of the fruit of the trees that should be my share, I renounce the right from this day forward: Neither now nor in the future will I collect them from the land of Judah or from the three districts annexed from Samaria. (1 Maccabees 10, 30)
Every one of the Jews who has been carried into captivity from the land of Judah into any part of my kingdom I set at liberty without ransom; and let all their taxes, even those on their cattle, be canceled. (1 Maccabees 10, 33)
Let some of them be stationed in the king's principal strongholds, and of these let some be given positions of trust in the affairs of the kingdom. Let their superiors and their rulers be taken from among them, and let them follow their own laws, as the king has commanded in the land of Judah. (1 Maccabees 10, 37)
The Romans gave them letters addressed to the authorities in the various places, requesting them to provide the envoys with safe conduct to the land of Judah. (1 Maccabees 12, 4)
Jonathan believed him and did as he said. He dismissed his troops, and they returned to the land of Judah. (1 Maccabees 12, 46)
