Trouvé 2245 Résultats pour: King Josiah
When Philip saw that Judas was gaining ground little by little and that his successful advances were becoming more frequent, he wrote to Ptolemy, governor of Coelesyria and Phoenicia, to come to the aid of the king's government. (2 Maccabees 8, 8)
Nicanor planned to raise the two thousand talents of tribute owed by the king to the Romans by selling captured Jews into slavery. (2 Maccabees 8, 10)
"To my esteemed Jewish citizens, Antiochus, their king and general, sends hearty greetings and best wishes for their health and happiness. (2 Maccabees 9, 19)
I am also bearing in mind that the neighboring rulers, especially those on the borders of our kingdom, are on the watch for opportunities and waiting to see what will happen. I have therefore appointed as king my son Antiochus, whom I have often before entrusted and commended to most of you, when I made hurried visits to the outlying provinces. I have written to him the letter copied below. (2 Maccabees 9, 25)
As a result, he was accused before Eupator by the King's Friends. In fact, on all sides he heard himself called a traitor for having abandoned Cyprus, which Philometor had entrusted to him, and for having gone over to Antiochus Epiphanes. Since he could not command the respect due to his high office, he ended his life by taking poison. (2 Maccabees 10, 13)
Very soon afterward, Lysias, guardian and kinsman of the king and head of the government, being greatly displeased at what had happened, (2 Maccabees 11, 1)
persuading them to settle everything on just terms, and promising to persuade the king also, and to induce him to become their friend. (2 Maccabees 11, 14)
Maccabeus, solicitous for the common good, agreed to all that Lysias proposed; and the king, on his part, granted in behalf of the Jews all the written requests of Maccabeus to Lysias. (2 Maccabees 11, 15)
Whatever had to be referred to the king I called to his attention, and the things that were acceptable he has granted. (2 Maccabees 11, 18)
The king's letter read thus: "King Antiochus sends greetings to his brother Lysias. (2 Maccabees 11, 22)
The king's letter to the people was as follows: "King Antiochus sends greetings to the Jewish senate and to the rest of the Jews. (2 Maccabees 11, 27)
Whatever Lysias, kinsman of the king, has granted you, we also approve. (2 Maccabees 11, 35)
