Talált 838 Eredmények: City
Others took advantage of this diversion to climb the walls and set fire to the towers. They made bonfires and burned the blasphemers alive. Others destroyed the gates while the rest of the army entered to occupy the city. (2 Maccabees 10, 36)
and gathered together about eighty thousand men and his entire cavalry. They advanced against the Jews intending to make the city of Jerusalem a Greek colony and (2 Maccabees 11, 2)
He entered Judea, came near Beth-zur, a strong city some kilometers away from Jerusalem, and besieged it. (2 Maccabees 11, 5)
This was decided by the city authorities and the Jews accepted in order to show their desire to live with them in peace and without any suspicion at all. But once out in the open sea, the men of Joppa pushed them into the water and at least two hundred died. (2 Maccabees 12, 4)
But, as the gates were closed, he could not enter the city, so he withdrew, intending to come back to wipe out all the inhabitants of Joppa. (2 Maccabees 12, 7)
Judas attacked a city strongly fortified with ditches and walls. The city was called Caspin. People of every race lived there. (2 Maccabees 12, 13)
God willed that they should take possession of the city, and they carried out an incredible slaughter: the nearby lake, five hundred meters wide, seemed filled with blood. (2 Maccabees 12, 16)
After defeating and destroying these enemies, he led an expedition against the walled city of Ephron, where Lysias had taken refuge with people of every race. Strong young men were stationed outside the walls and they fought bravely. And there were stores of war engines and missiles inside. (2 Maccabees 12, 27)
After calling on the Lord almighty to crush the forces of the enemy, the Jews seized the city and killed more than twenty-five thousand of the people inside. (2 Maccabees 12, 28)
Moving off from there, they went to Scythopolis, a city one hundred and twenty kilometers from Jerusalem. (2 Maccabees 12, 29)
But as the Jews who lived there assured Judas that the inhabitants of that city had always treated them well and had received them favorably in times of persecution, (2 Maccabees 12, 30)
Judas reorganized his army, and then went to the city of Adullam. Since it was the week's end, they purified themselves and celebrated the sabbath there. (2 Maccabees 12, 38)
