Löydetty 4249 Tulokset: Red
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)
So, as the people were attacked by the men of Lysimachus, they reacted by picking up stones and clubs, and even gathered handfuls of ashes lying at hand, and threw everything against the men of Lysimachus. (2 Maccabees 4, 41)
So those who had defended the cause of the city, the people and the sacred vessels were executed at once. (2 Maccabees 4, 48)
Some Tyrians were so enraged by that crime that they prepared a magnificent funeral for them. (2 Maccabees 4, 49)
And for nearly forty days, there appeared throughout the city, galloping through the air, horsemen dressed in gold, (2 Maccabees 5, 2)
As a false rumor spread that Antiochus had died, Jason gathered together about ten thousand men and launched a surprise attack on the city. The troops upon the walls defended the city, but once these were taken, the whole city fell into the hands of Jason, while Menelaus took refuge in the Citadel. (2 Maccabees 5, 5)
Jason cruelly massacred his fellow citizens, without realizing that his victory against his own nation was the greatest defeat. He seemed to believe that he was winning over enemies when, in reality, these were his own people. (2 Maccabees 5, 6)
He ordered his soldiers to kill without mercy everyone they encountered and to behead as well all those who took refuge in their houses. (2 Maccabees 5, 12)
Young and old perished; men, women and children were massacred, and infants and virgins were put to the sword. (2 Maccabees 5, 13)
Not content with this, Antiochus boldly entered the holiest Temple in the entire world, guided by Menelaus, the traitor to the law and country. (2 Maccabees 5, 15)
With his unclean hands, Antiochus seized the sacred vessels, and with impious hands took away what other kings had given as gifts for the glory and honor of the Temple. (2 Maccabees 5, 16)
For, had the city not been sinful, Antiochus would have been flogged the moment he entered, as Heliodorus who was sent by Seleucus to rob the treasury had been. And he would have also repented of his audacity. (2 Maccabees 5, 18)
