Trouvé 2245 Résultats pour: King Josiah
When the king asked Heliodorus who would be a suitable man to be sent to Jerusalem next, he answered: (2 Maccabees 3, 37)
So he had recourse to the king, not as an accuser of his countrymen, but as a man looking to the general and particular good of all the people. (2 Maccabees 4, 5)
He saw that, unless the king intervened, it would be impossible to have a peaceful government, and that Simon would not desist from his folly. (2 Maccabees 4, 6)
in an interview, he promised the king three hundred and sixty talents of silver, as well as eighty talents from another source of income. (2 Maccabees 4, 8)
When Jason received the king's approval and came into office, he immediately initiated his countrymen into the Greek way of life. (2 Maccabees 4, 10)
When the quinquennial games were held at Tyre in the presence of the king, (2 Maccabees 4, 18)
When Apollonius, son of Menestheus, was sent to Egypt for the coronation of King Philometor, Antiochus learned that the king was opposed to his policies; so he took measures for his own security. (2 Maccabees 4, 21)
Three years later Jason sent Menelaus, brother of the aforementioned Simon, to deliver the money to the king, and to obtain decisions on some important matters. (2 Maccabees 4, 23)
When he had been introduced to the king, he flattered him with such an air of authority that he secured the high priesthood for himself, outbidding Jason by three hundred talents of silver. (2 Maccabees 4, 24)
Although Menelaus had obtained the office, he did not make any payments of the money he had promised to the king, (2 Maccabees 4, 27)
in spite of the demand of Sostratus, the commandant of the citadel, whose duty it was to collect the taxes. For this reason, both were summoned before the king. (2 Maccabees 4, 28)
While these things were taking place, the people of Tarsus and Mallus rose in revolt, because their cities had been given as a gift to Antiochis, the king's mistress. (2 Maccabees 4, 30)
