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A truce! A truce! Havoc enough yonder Jews have made of us and of the city! (1 Maccabees 11, 50)
and build up walls in Jerusalem itself. Height these must have, above all, between the Citadel and the rest of the town; he would have it cut off from the rest, standing by itself, with no opportunity to buy and sell. (1 Maccabees 12, 36)
A great muster there was for the city’s rebuilding; and where the wall had tumbled down, over the ravine on the east, he made it good; it is the part called Caphetetha. (1 Maccabees 12, 37)
It were better to disband them, and choose out a few for thy own retinue. That done, bear me company to Ptolemais; city and strongholds and troops and officers I will hand over into thy charge and so get me gone home; it was on that errand I came. (1 Maccabees 12, 45)
Thereupon, he summoned all the fighting men together, and pressed on to have the walls of Jerusalem finished, till it was fortified all about; (1 Maccabees 13, 10)
There lay the bones of Simon’s brother Jonathan, till he sent to fetch them, and gave them burial at Modin, the city of his fathers. (1 Maccabees 13, 25)
Out into the streets they sallied, that manned the engine, and there was a fine commotion in the city; (1 Maccabees 13, 44)
here were the townsfolk, with their wives and children, mounting the walls with their garments rent about them, and crying aloud, Simon should give them quarter; (1 Maccabees 13, 45)
At that, Simon relented; harry them to the death he would not, but he drove them out of the city, and cleansed all the houses where idols had stood; then, with singing of psalms and giving of thanks, he made his entry; (1 Maccabees 13, 47)
Never a city but he furnished it with store of provisions; a bulwark each of them should be of sturdy defence. What wonder if the story of his renown was noised to the world’s end? (1 Maccabees 14, 10)
a Jewish garrison he set there, to guard both city and country-side, and built Jerusalem walls yet higher. (1 Maccabees 14, 37)
And now the sacred trumpets sounded the charge; fled Cendebaeus, fled his army at their onslaught, and many were left dead on the field; for the rest, they were fain to take refuge behind their walls again. (1 Maccabees 16, 8)
