Löydetty 21 Tulokset: Encounter
And to the first of these, his directions were, If thou shouldst encounter my brother Esau, and he should ask, Whose man art thou? or Whither goest thou? or Whose are these beasts thou tendest? (Genesis 32, 17)
But now, finding the royal forces so strong, and so determined in their attack, the Jews withdrew from the encounter. (1 Maccabees 6, 47)
It was the thirteenth of Adar when the two armies met; sure enough, Nicanor’s army was overwhelmed, and himself the first to fall in the encounter; (1 Maccabees 7, 43)
While this was afoot, news came to Demetrius that Nicanor and his men had perished in the encounter. But he would still have his way; Bacchides and Alcimus should be sent back to Judaea, and the northern command✻ of his army with them. (1 Maccabees 9, 1)
By this, the opposing army had moved forward out of its lines, and stood fronting them; here were the two bodies of horse, the slingers and archers going on before the rest, and the choice troops that would bear the shock of the encounter; (1 Maccabees 9, 11)
and here was Jonathan exerting all his strength to deal a blow at Bacchides, who declined the encounter! (1 Maccabees 9, 47)
how they fought the Galatians at Babylon, with Macedonian allies whose heart failed them at the encounter, and six thousand Jews, alone but for heaven’s aid, made havoc of a hundred and twenty thousand men, much to the common advantage.✻ (2 Maccabees 8, 20)
How they blessed God’s mercy, all of them, at the sight! How their courage rose, a match for all it should encounter, men or wild beast or walls of iron! (2 Maccabees 11, 9)
Stern was the encounter, but with God’s help they won the day; and the defeated remnant of the Arabs asked Judas for quarter, promising a grant of pasture-lands, with other advantages. (2 Maccabees 12, 11)
bravest of beasts, the lion, that fears no encounter, (Proverbs 30, 30)
Not for the fools her embrace, only apt pupils encounter her; how should the fools catch sight of her, that is so far removed from proud and treacherous ways? (Ecclesiasticus 15, 7)
Sin dread thou not less than the serpent’s encounter; its fangs will not miss thee, if once thou come close. (Ecclesiasticus 21, 2)
