Trouvé 2243 Résultats pour: King Demetrius
“To the very good citizens of the Jews, Antiochus, king and ruler, wishes much health, and welfare, and happiness. (2 Maccabees 9, 19)
In addition to these things, considering that whichever are the nearest powers and neighbors lie in ambush for the right time and await the right event, I have designated my son, Antiochus, as king, whom I frequently commended to many of you while traveling in the upper provinces. And I have written to him what I have added below. (2 Maccabees 9, 25)
But a short time afterwards, Lysias, the procurator of the king and a near relative, who also was in charge of the government, was heavily weighed upon by what had happened. (2 Maccabees 11, 1)
and he promised that he would agree to all things that are just, and that he would persuade the king to be their friend. (2 Maccabees 11, 14)
Then Maccabeus assented to the request of Lysias, considering it useful in every way. And whatever Maccabeus wrote to Lysias, concerning the Jews, the king consented to it. (2 Maccabees 11, 15)
Therefore, whatever things could be brought before the king, I have presented them. And he has conceded to those things that are permitted. (2 Maccabees 11, 18)
But the letter of the king contained this: “King Antiochus to Lysias, his brother: greetings. (2 Maccabees 11, 22)
Truly, the letter of the king to the Jews was such as this: “King Antiochus to the senate of the Jews, and to the rest of the Jews: greetings. (2 Maccabees 11, 27)
Concerning these things that Lysias, the relative of the king, has conceded to you, we also have conceded. (2 Maccabees 11, 35)
But about such things as he judged should be referred to the king, send someone, as soon as you have diligently conferred among yourselves, so that we may make a decree, just as it is agreeable to you. For we are going to Antioch. (2 Maccabees 11, 36)
After these pacts were made, Lysias proceeded on to the king, but the Jews undertook the work of agriculture. (2 Maccabees 12, 1)
But the King of kings awakened the mind of Antiochus against the sinner. And when Lysias was suggesting this to be the cause of all the evils, he ordered (as is the custom with them) that he should be apprehended and killed in the same place. (2 Maccabees 13, 4)
