Trouvé 904 Résultats pour: Fortified City
I give the city of Ptolemais and its territory as a gift to the temple of Jerusalem to cover the expenses of public worship. (1 Maccabees 10, 39)
The king also seated him by his side, and said to his captains: "Go with him into the center of the city and proclaim that no one is to accuse Jonathan under any pretext, and no one is to molest him for any reason." (1 Maccabees 10, 63)
They encamped near Joppa, but the inhabitants of the city closed the gates to them, as Apollonius had a garrison there. (1 Maccabees 10, 75)
So Jonathan gave the order to attack. The people in the city were so afraid that they opened the gates to him, and Jonathan occupied Joppa. (1 Maccabees 10, 76)
But after three days, Ptolemy died, and immediately the Egyptian soldiers who guarded the fortified cities were killed by the local inhabitants. (1 Maccabees 11, 18)
About a hundred and twenty thousand rebel inhabitants gathered at the center of the city intending to do away with the king. (1 Maccabees 11, 45)
Demetrius took refuge in the palace while the residents occupied the streets of the city and began to attack. (1 Maccabees 11, 46)
The king then called on the Jews to help him, and the Jews rallied round him. Then they spread out through the city and killed a hundred thousand men on that day. (1 Maccabees 11, 47)
They burned the city, seized a great deal of plunder, and saved the king. (1 Maccabees 11, 48)
The Jews took control of the city. And the inhabitants were so discouraged that they begged the king, (1 Maccabees 11, 49)
"Forgive us and stop the Jews from maltreating us and the city." (1 Maccabees 11, 50)
Jonathan then began to make rounds of the region and the cities on the western side of the Euphrates. The whole Syrian army came to his aid. He came to Askalon and the inhabitants of that city went out to receive him with full honors. (1 Maccabees 11, 60)