Löydetty 2254 Tulokset: King Zedekiah
The king set out at once to reestablish order, leaving Andronicus, one of his ministers, as his deputy. (2 Maccabees 4, 31)
When the king returned to the regions of Coele-Syria, the Jews of Jerusalem, together with the Greeks who were for justice, went to see him and complained about the murder of Onias. (2 Maccabees 4, 36)
The king was touched and became sad, and even wept as he remembered the personality and noble conduct of the departed. (2 Maccabees 4, 37)
He became angry with Andronicus and immediately removed him from office. Then he ordered that Andronicus be divested of his purple robe, tore his garments off him, and led him all around the city up to the place where Andronicus had murdered Onias, and right there the king ordered that he be put to death - God dealing out to him the punishment he deserved. (2 Maccabees 4, 38)
when the king arrived at Tyre, three men sent by the council of the elders of Jerusalem told him of Menelaus' cruelty. (2 Maccabees 4, 44)
Seeing his ruin, Menelaus promised a great amount of money to Ptolemy, son of Dorymenes, in order to have the king in his favor. (2 Maccabees 4, 45)
Ptolemy then went with the king privately to a colonnade for some fresh air, and persuaded him to change his mind. (2 Maccabees 4, 46)
The king actually dismissed all the accusations against Menelaus, the cause of all this evil, while he condemned to death Menelaus' unfortunate accusers who would have been acquitted had a tribunal of barbarians judged them. (2 Maccabees 4, 47)
Finally, he had a very unfortunate end. Accused before Aretas, the king of the Arabs, fleeing from city to city, pursued by all, scorned as a renegade from the law and hated as the executioner of his country and fellow citizens, he was banished to Egypt. (2 Maccabees 5, 8)
When news of these events reached the king, he thought that the whole of Judea had risen in rebellion. He became furious and, leaving Egypt, went to take Jerusalem by force. (2 Maccabees 5, 11)
After a while, the king sent an older Athenian to force the Jews to abandon their ancestral laws and no longer live according to the laws of God. (2 Maccabees 6, 1)
But, on the contrary, they were led by bitter necessity to celebrate the king's birthday with a monthly sacrifice. And when the feast of Dionysus came, they were also forced to follow the Dionysus procession and wear floral wreaths. (2 Maccabees 6, 7)
