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Löydetty 1148 Tulokset: Fall Of Jerusalem

  • 'The people of Jerusalem and of Judaea, the senate and Judas, to Aristobulus, tutor to King Ptolemy and one of the family of the anointed priests, and to the Jews in Egypt, greetings and good health. (2 Maccabees 1, 10)

  • and made out to him that the Treasury in Jerusalem was groaning with untold wealth, that the amount contributed was incalculable and out of all proportion to expenditure on the sacrifice, but that it could all be brought under the control of the king. (2 Maccabees 3, 6)

  • On his arrival in Jerusalem, and after a hospitable reception from the high priest and the city, he announced what had been disclosed, thus revealing the reason for his presence, and asked if this was indeed the true situation. (2 Maccabees 3, 9)

  • When the king asked Heliodorus what sort of man would be the right person to send to Jerusalem on a second occasion, he replied, (2 Maccabees 3, 37)

  • He further committed himself to paying another hundred and fifty, if the king would empower him to set up a gymnasium and youth centre, and to register the Antiochists of Jerusalem. (2 Maccabees 4, 9)

  • the vile Jason sent an embassy of Antiochists from Jerusalem, taking with them three hundred silver drachmas for the sacrifice to Hercules. But even those who brought the money did not think it would be right to spend it on the sacrifice and decided to reserve it for some other item of expenditure; (2 Maccabees 4, 19)

  • Apollonius son of Menestheus had been sent to Egypt to attend the wedding of King Philometor. Antiochus, having learnt that the latter had become hostile to his affairs, began thinking about his own safety: that was why he had come to Joppa. He then moved to Jerusalem, (2 Maccabees 4, 21)

  • But he left officials behind to plague the nation: in Jerusalem, Philip, a Phrygian by race, and by nature more barbarous than the man who appointed him; (2 Maccabees 5, 22)

  • Arriving in Jerusalem and posing as a man of peace, this man waited until the holy day of the Sabbath and then, taking advantage of the Jews as they rested from work, ordered his men to parade fully armed; (2 Maccabees 5, 25)

  • and to profane the Temple in Jerusalem and dedicate it to Olympian Zeus, and the one on Mount Gerizim to Zeus, Patron of Strangers, as the inhabitants of the latter place had requested. (2 Maccabees 6, 2)

  • They carefully collected the enemy's weapons and stored them in suitable places. The rest of the spoils they took to Jerusalem. (2 Maccabees 8, 31)

  • In the course of their victory celebrations in Jerusalem, they burned the men who had fired the Holy Gates; with Callisthenes they had taken refuge in one small house; so these received a fitting reward for their sacrilege. (2 Maccabees 8, 33)


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