Talált 2070 Eredmények: Sen
The king sent Nicanor, one of his generals ranking as Illustrious and a bitter enemy of Israel, with orders to exterminate the people. (1 Maccabees 7, 26)
Reaching Jerusalem with a large force, Nicanor sent a friendly, yet treacherous, message to Judas and his brothers, as follows: (1 Maccabees 7, 27)
After these events Nicanor went up to Mount Zion. Some of the priests came out of the Holy Place with some elders, to give him a friendly welcome and show him the burnt offering being presented for the king. (1 Maccabees 7, 33)
'You have chosen this house to be called by your name, to be a house of prayer and petition for your people. (1 Maccabees 7, 37)
the latter had got wind of it and, sending a single general against them, had fought a campaign in which they inflicted heavy casualties, carried their women and children away into captivity, pillaged their goods, subdued their country, tore down their fortresses and reduced them to a slavery lasting to the present day; (1 Maccabees 8, 10)
They had set up a senate, where three hundred and twenty councillors deliberated daily, constantly debating how best to regulate public affairs. (1 Maccabees 8, 15)
Having chosen Eupolemus son of John, of the family of Accos, and Jason son of Eleazar, Judas sent them to Rome to make a treaty of friendship and alliance with these people, (1 Maccabees 8, 17)
The envoys made the lengthy journey to Rome and presented themselves before the Senate with their formal proposal: (1 Maccabees 8, 19)
'Judas Maccabaeus and his brothers, with the Jewish people, have sent us to you to conclude a treaty of alliance and peace with you, and to enrol ourselves as your allies and friends.' (1 Maccabees 8, 20)
The proposal met with the approval of the senators. (1 Maccabees 8, 21)
Here is a copy of the rescript which they engraved on bronze tablets and sent to Jerusalem to be kept there by the Jews as a record of peace and alliance: (1 Maccabees 8, 22)
Demetrius, hearing that Nicanor and his army had fallen in battle, sent Bacchides and Alcimus a second time into Judaea, and with them the right wing of his army. (1 Maccabees 9, 1)
