Löydetty 2253 Tulokset: Old
A strong wooden tower covering each elephant, and fastened to it by a harness, held, besides the Indian mahout, three soldiers who fought from it. (1 Maccabees 6, 37)
When the sun shone on the gold and bronze shields, the mountains gleamed with their brightness and blazed like flaming torches. (1 Maccabees 6, 39)
The king took Beth-zur and stationed a garrison there to hold it. (1 Maccabees 6, 50)
So he hastily resolved to withdraw. He said to the king, the leaders of the army, and the soldiers: "We are grow-ing weaker every day, our provisions are scanty, the place we are besieging is strong, and it is our duty to take care of the affairs of the kingdom. (1 Maccabees 6, 57)
As he was preparing to enter the royal palace of his ancestors, the soldiers seized Antiochus and Lysias to bring them to him. (1 Maccabees 7, 2)
So the soldiers killed them, and Demetrius sat on the royal throne. (1 Maccabees 7, 4)
He was also told of their battles and the brave deeds that they had performed against the Gauls, conquering them and forcing them to pay tribute. (1 Maccabees 8, 2)
They had gotten possession of the silver and gold mines in Spain, (1 Maccabees 8, 3)
the Romans discovered it, and sent against the Greeks a single general who made war on them. Many were wounded and fell, and the Romans took their wives and children captive. They plundered them, took possession of their land, tore down their strongholds and reduced them to slavery even to this day. (1 Maccabees 8, 10)
On returning to Jerusalem, Bacchides built strongholds in Judea: the Jericho fortress, as well as Emmaus, Beth-horon, Bethel, Timnath, Pharathon, and Tephon, with high walls and gates and bars. (1 Maccabees 9, 50)
He fortified the city of Beth-zur, Gazara and the citadel, and put soldiers in them and stores of provisions. (1 Maccabees 9, 52)
The foreigners in the strongholds that Bacchides had built, took flight; (1 Maccabees 10, 12)
