Löydetty 488 Tulokset: Called
We have therefore appointed you today to be high priest of your nation; you are to be called the King's Friend, and you are to look after our interests and preserve amity with us." He also sent him a purple robe and a crown of gold. (1 Maccabees 10, 20)
Jonathan accompanied the king as far as the river called Eleutherus and then returned to Jerusalem. (1 Maccabees 11, 7)
So the king called the Jews to his aid. They all rallied around him and spread out through the city. On that day they killed about a hundred thousand men in the city, (1 Maccabees 11, 47)
So Jonathan turned aside against the Arabs who are called Zabadeans, overwhelming and plundering them. (1 Maccabees 12, 31)
The people therefore worked together on building up the city, for part of the east wall above the ravine had collapsed. The quarter called Chaphenatha was also repaired. (1 Maccabees 12, 37)
Simon called his two oldest sons, Judas and John, and said to them: "I and my brothers and my father's house have fought the battles of Israel from our youth until today, and many times we succeeded in saving Israel. (1 Maccabees 16, 2)
The son of Abubus gave them a deceitful welcome in the little stronghold called Dok which he had built. While serving them a sumptuous banquet, he had his men hidden there. (1 Maccabees 16, 15)
Nehemiah and his companions called the liquid nephthar, meaning purification, but most people named it naphtha. (2 Maccabees 1, 36)
At length he met a miserable end. Called to account before Aretas, king of the Arabs, he fled from city to city, hunted by all men, hated as a transgressor of the laws, abhorred as the butcher of his country and his countrymen. After being driven into Egypt, (2 Maccabees 5, 8)
He had entered the city called Persepolis and attempted to rob the temple and gain control of the city. Thereupon the people had swift recourse to arms, and Antiochus' men were routed, so that in the end Antiochus was put to flight by the natives and forced to beat a shameful retreat. (2 Maccabees 9, 2)
As a result, he was accused before Eupator by the King's Friends. In fact, on all sides he heard himself called a traitor for having abandoned Cyprus, which Philometor had entrusted to him, and for having gone over to Antiochus Epiphanes. Since he could not command the respect due to his high office, he ended his life by taking poison. (2 Maccabees 10, 13)
Timothy, however, fled to a well-fortified stronghold called Gazara, where Chaereas was in command. (2 Maccabees 10, 32)
