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He enlarged the borders of his nation and gained control of the country. (1 Maccabees 14, 6)
in a great assembly of priests, people, rulers of the nation, and elders of the country, the following proclamation was made: (1 Maccabees 14, 28)
"'Since there have often been wars in our country, Simon, son of the priest Mattathias, descendant of Joarib, and his brothers have put themselves in danger and resisted the enemies of their nation, so that their sanctuary and law might be maintained, and they have thus brought great glory to their nation. (1 Maccabees 14, 29)
After Jonathan had rallied his nation and become their high priest, he was gathered to his kinsmen. (1 Maccabees 14, 30)
Simon rose up and fought for his nation, spending large sums of his own money to equip the men of his nation's armed forces and giving them their pay. (1 Maccabees 14, 32)
When the Jewish people saw Simon's loyalty and the glory he planned to bring to his nation, they made him their leader and high priest because of all he had accomplished and the loyalty and justice he had shown his nation. In every way he sought to exalt his people. (1 Maccabees 14, 35)
Antiochus, son of King Demetrius, sent a letter from the islands of the sea to Simon, the priest and ethnarch of the Jews, and to all the nation, (1 Maccabees 15, 1)
which read as follows: "King Antiochus sends greetings to Simon, the priest and ethnarch, and to the Jewish nation. (1 Maccabees 15, 2)
When we recover our kingdom, we will greatly honor you and your nation and the temple, so that your glory will be manifest in all the earth." (1 Maccabees 15, 9)
I have now grown old, but you, by the mercy of Heaven, have come to man's estate. Take my place and my brother's, and go out and fight for our nation; and may the help of Heaven be with you!" (1 Maccabees 16, 3)
But he left governors to harass the nation: at Jerusalem, Philip, a Phrygian by birth, and in character more cruel than the man who appointed him; (2 Maccabees 5, 22)
Now I beg those who read this book not to be disheartened by these misfortunes, but to consider that these chastisements were meant not for the ruin but for the correction of our nation. (2 Maccabees 6, 12)
