Trouvé 36 Résultats pour: citadel
The men in the citadel in Jerusalem were prevented from going out into the country and back for the purchase of food; they suffered greatly from hunger, and many of them died of starvation. (1 Maccabees 13, 49)
They finally cried out to Simon for peace, and he gave them peace. He expelled them from the citadel and cleansed it of impurities. (1 Maccabees 13, 50)
On the twenty-third day of the second month, in the year one hundred and seventy-one, the Jews entered the citadel with shouts of jubilation, waving of palm branches, the music of harps and cymbals and lyres, and the singing of hymns and canticles, because a great enemy of Israel had been destroyed. (1 Maccabees 13, 51)
Simon decreed that this day should be celebrated every year with rejoicing. He also strengthened the fortifications of the temple hill alongside the citadel, and he and his companions dwelt there. (1 Maccabees 13, 52)
He took many enemies prisoners of war and made himself master of Gazara, Beth-zur, and the citadel. He cleansed the citadel of its impurities; there was no one to withstand him. (1 Maccabees 14, 7)
"'In his time and under his guidance they succeeded in driving the Gentiles out of their country, especially those in the City of David in Jerusalem, who had built for themselves a citadel from which they used to sally forth to defile the environs of the temple and inflict grave injury on its purity. (1 Maccabees 14, 36)
In this citadel he stationed Jewish soldiers, and he strengthened its fortifications for the defense of the land and the city, while he also raised the wall of Jerusalem to a greater height. (1 Maccabees 14, 37)
He sent Athenobius, one of his Friends, to confer with Simon and say: "You are occupying Joppa and Gazara and the citadel of Jerusalem; these are cities of my kingdom. (1 Maccabees 15, 28)
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)
But when a false rumor circulated that Antiochus was dead, Jason gathered fully a thousand men and suddenly attacked the city. As the defenders on the walls were forced back and the city was finally being taken, Menelaus took refuge in the citadel. (2 Maccabees 5, 5)
When he arrived there, he assembled his countrymen, stationed the priests before the altar, and sent for those in the citadel. (2 Maccabees 15, 31)
Judas hung up Nicanor's head on the wall of the citadel, a clear and evident proof to all of the Lord's help. (2 Maccabees 15, 35)
