Trouvé 935 Résultats pour: City Walls
In those days, Simon encamped against Gazard and surrounded it with his army. He constructed a mobile tower, brought it up to the city, attacked and occupied one tower. (1 Maccabees 13, 43)
Then the men of the mobile tower entered the city, causing great dismay. (1 Maccabees 13, 44)
The inhabitants with their wives and children went up on the walls, tore their garments, cried out in a loud voice to Simon and sought peace. (1 Maccabees 13, 45)
Simon was reconciled with them and did not treat them according to the rigor of war. But he expelled them from the city and purified the houses where idols were kept. He then entered the city singing hymns of thanksgiving. (1 Maccabees 13, 47)
In his days, the Jews managed to root out the pagans from their land, especially from the city of David, Jerusalem, where they had built a Citadel from which they went out to profane the surroundings of the temple and to violate its holiness. (1 Maccabees 14, 36)
He settled Jewish soldiers in it and fortified it for the security of the region and the city, and built the walls of Jerusalem higher. (1 Maccabees 14, 37)
And he surrounded the city while the ships attacked from the sea: the city was completely surrounded by land and sea, and no one could go in or come out. (1 Maccabees 15, 14)
The rest of the deeds of John, his battles, his exploits, the walls he built and all his other achievements (1 Maccabees 16, 23)
God drove out those who fought against the Holy City; (2 Maccabees 1, 12)
They regained the Temple renowned throughout the world, liberated the city and reestablished the laws which were nearly abolished, for the Lord was gracious to them in his great kindness. (2 Maccabees 2, 22)
While the Holy City enjoyed complete peace and the laws were observed as perfectly as possible through the piety of Onias the High Priest and his hatred for all wickedness, (2 Maccabees 3, 1)
But a certain Simon, a priest of the tribe of Bilgah and the Temple administrator, came into conflict with the High Priest regarding the inspection of the city markets. (2 Maccabees 3, 4)
