Löydetty 4347 Tulokset: King Of Israel
When he was utterly helpless, the king ordered them to take him to the fire, still breathing, and to fry him in a pan. The smoke from the pan spread widely, but the brothers and their mother encouraged one another to die nobly, saying, (2 Maccabees 7, 5)
And when he was at his last breath, he said, "You accursed wretch, you dismiss us from this present life, but the King of the universe will raise us up to an everlasting renewal of life, because we have died for his laws." (2 Maccabees 7, 9)
As a result the king himself and those with him were astonished at the young man's spirit, for he regarded his sufferings as nothing. (2 Maccabees 7, 12)
But he looked at the king, and said, "Because you have authority among men, mortal though you are, you do what you please. But do not think that God has forsaken our people. (2 Maccabees 7, 16)
Since the young man would not listen to him at all, the king called the mother to him and urged her to advise the youth to save himself. (2 Maccabees 7, 25)
While she was still speaking, the young man said, "What are you waiting for? I will not obey the king's command, but I obey the command of the law that was given to our fathers through Moses. (2 Maccabees 7, 30)
The king fell into a rage, and handled him worse than the others, being exasperated at his scorn. (2 Maccabees 7, 39)
When Philip saw that the man was gaining ground little by little, and that he was pushing ahead with more frequent successes, he wrote to Ptolemy, the governor of Coelesyria and Phoenicia, for aid to the king's government. (2 Maccabees 8, 8)
And Ptolemy promptly appointed Nicanor the son of Patroclus, one of the king's chief friends, and sent him, in command of no fewer than twenty thousand Gentiles of all nations, to wipe out the whole race of Judea. He associated with him Gorgias, a general and a man of experience in military service. (2 Maccabees 8, 9)
Nicanor determined to make up for the king the tribute due to the Romans, two thousand talents, by selling the captured Jews into slavery. (2 Maccabees 8, 10)
But the all-seeing Lord, the God of Israel, struck him an incurable and unseen blow. As soon as he ceased speaking he was seized with a pain in his bowels for which there was no relief and with sharp internal tortures -- (2 Maccabees 9, 5)
"To his worthy Jewish citizens, Antiochus their king and general sends hearty greetings and good wishes for their health and prosperity. (2 Maccabees 9, 19)
