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and people came out of all the surrounding Judaean villages to encircle the fugitives, who then turned back on their own men. All fell by the sword, not one being left alive. (1 Maccabees 7, 46)
Having collected the spoils and booty, they cut off Nicanor's head and the right hand he had stretched out in a display of insolence; these were taken and displayed within sight of Jerusalem. (1 Maccabees 7, 47)
For a short while Judaea enjoyed peace. (1 Maccabees 7, 50)
they had taken him alive and imposed on him and his successors, on agreed terms, the payment of an enormous tribute, the surrender of hostages, and the cession (1 Maccabees 8, 7)
of the Indian territory, with Media, Lydia, and some of their best provinces, which they took from him and gave to King Eumenes. (1 Maccabees 8, 8)
the latter had got wind of it and, sending a single general against them, had fought a campaign in which they inflicted heavy casualties, carried their women and children away into captivity, pillaged their goods, subdued their country, tore down their fortresses and reduced them to a slavery lasting to the present day; (1 Maccabees 8, 10)
But where their friends and those who relied on them were concerned, they had always stood by their friendship. They had subdued kings far and near, and all who heard their name went in terror of them. (1 Maccabees 8, 12)
In spite of all this, no single one of them had assumed a crown or put on the purple for his own aggrandisement. (1 Maccabees 8, 14)
They had set up a senate, where three hundred and twenty councillors deliberated daily, constantly debating how best to regulate public affairs. (1 Maccabees 8, 15)
They entrusted their government to one man for a year at a time, with absolute power over their whole empire, and this man was obeyed by all without envy or jealousy. (1 Maccabees 8, 16)
in the hope of being rid of the yoke, for they could see that Greek rule was reducing Israel to slavery. (1 Maccabees 8, 18)
The envoys made the lengthy journey to Rome and presented themselves before the Senate with their formal proposal: (1 Maccabees 8, 19)
