Trouvé 2964 Résultats pour: David As King
In this way, Demetrius became king in the year one hundred and sixty-seven (167 B.C.). (1 Maccabees 11, 19)
But some wicked men who were traitors to their country, informed the king. (1 Maccabees 11, 21)
When the king heard of it, he became angry and immediately set out for Ptolemias. From there he wrote to Jonathan telling him to stop the siege and to come to see him as soon as possible. (1 Maccabees 11, 22)
Jonathan received the message, but he ordered the siege to continue. Then he decided to risk himself, and went to see the king with the elders and priests of Israel. (1 Maccabees 11, 23)
Bringing gold, silver, fine garments and other presents, they went before the king in Ptolemias and won him over. (1 Maccabees 11, 24)
But the king in the presence of all his Friends treated Jonathan as kings before had treated him. (1 Maccabees 11, 26)
Jonathan asked the king to exempt Judea and the three districts of Samaria from taxes, and promised him three hundred talents in return. (1 Maccabees 11, 28)
The king agreed and wrote to Jonathan regarding the matter in these terms: (1 Maccabees 11, 29)
"King Demetrius to Jonathan, to his brothers and to the whole Jewish nation, peace. (1 Maccabees 11, 30)
King Demetrius greets his kinsman Lasthenes. (1 Maccabees 11, 32)
We confirm the possession of the territory of Judea and the three regions of Aphairema, Kydda and Ramathaim which have been annexed to Judea from Samaria, with all their dependencies. And to all who go up to Jerusalem to offer sacrifice, we grant exemption from the tax the king formerly received from them annually until now, from the produce of the soil and from the fruit of the trees. (1 Maccabees 11, 34)
King Demetrius was able to place the kingdom under his rule and no one dared oppose him, so he dismissed his army, sent all the men back to their homes, except the foreign troops he had recruited from the islands of the pagans. And this drew the hatred of all the troops who had served his fathers. (1 Maccabees 11, 38)
