Talált 19332 Eredmények: És
Now Simon rebuilt the fortresses of Judea, surrounded them with high towers and great walls with barred gates, and stored food in them. (1 Maccabees 13, 33)
King Demetrius responded favorably to his request and wrote to him as follows, (1 Maccabees 13, 35)
"King Demetrius greets Simon, High Priest and Friend of the King, the elders and the Jewish nation. (1 Maccabees 13, 36)
All our concessions in your favor are definitive and the fortresses you have built are yours. (1 Maccabees 13, 38)
Moreover, we pardon all errors and offenses committed to this day, as well as the crown tax you owe. From now on, any other tax that used to be paid in Jerusalem shall no longer be collected. (1 Maccabees 13, 39)
They began to write in their documents and contracts, "In the first year of Simon, high priest, general and leader of the Jews." (1 Maccabees 13, 42)
The inhabitants with their wives and children went up on the walls, tore their garments, cried out in a loud voice to Simon and sought peace. (1 Maccabees 13, 45)
They said to him, "Treat us not as our wickedness deserves, but according to your mercy." (1 Maccabees 13, 46)
Simon was reconciled with them and did not treat them according to the rigor of war. But he expelled them from the city and purified the houses where idols were kept. He then entered the city singing hymns of thanksgiving. (1 Maccabees 13, 47)
The men who occupied the Citadel in Jerusalem could no longer come out or go into Jewish territory to buy or sell. So they were desperately in need of food, many of them dying of hunger. (1 Maccabees 13, 49)
They begged Simon for peace, and he granted it to them. But he expelled them from there and cleansed the Citadel from all that reminded them of the presence of the pagans. (1 Maccabees 13, 50)
On the twenty-third day of the second month of the year one hundred and seventy-one (141 B.C.), the Jews entered it with songs and palm branches to the accompaniment of zithers, cymbals and harps, and with hymns and songs, for a great plague had been crushed and removed from Israel. (1 Maccabees 13, 51)
