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Hold we the person of thy brother Jonathan, it is because he is in default to the royal treasury over his dealings with it. (1 Maccabees 13, 15)
Crown of gold and robe of scarlet you sent us were faithfully delivered. Great favour we mean to shew you, by sending word to the king’s officers to respect the remissions granted you. (1 Maccabees 13, 37)
The decrees we made concerning you are yet in force; and, for the strongholds you have built, they shall be yours. (1 Maccabees 13, 38)
sat old men in the market-place, busy over the common weal, and young men wore the livery of their glorious campaigning. (1 Maccabees 14, 9)
And their errand stands recorded in our public annals; how Numenius son of Antiochus and Antipater son of Jason came on the Jews’ part to renew our old treaty of friendship with you; (1 Maccabees 14, 22)
Numenius was sent on a further mission to Rome, bearing a great target of gold, a thousand minas in weight, to renew the alliance there. And when all this reached the ears of the people …✻ (1 Maccabees 14, 24)
Juda’s cities he fortified, and others besides; Bethsura on the frontiers, once a stronghold of the enemy, garrisoned now by Jews, (1 Maccabees 14, 33)
and have charge of the sanctuary besides. Him all must obey, in his name deeds be drawn up, all the country through; of purple and gold should be his vesture. (1 Maccabees 14, 43)
Of the rest, both priests and people, none should retrench these privileges, nor gainsay Simon’s will, nor convoke assembly in the country without him; garment of purple, buckle of gold none should wear; (1 Maccabees 14, 44)
Here is the kingdom of my fathers overrun by ill folk; I mean to challenge them, and bring back the old ways. To this end, I have made a great levy of mercenaries, and built ships of war; (1 Maccabees 15, 3)
for Jerusalem, enjoyment of her sacred liberties; of weapons thou hast made, strongholds thou hast built, the undisturbed possession. (1 Maccabees 15, 7)
Envoys we have but now received in audience from a friendly country, to wit, Judaea; the people of the Jews, with their high priest Simon, had sent to renew their old treaty of alliance with us, (1 Maccabees 15, 17)
