Talált 355 Eredmények: Building The Temple
and went to King Demetrius in about the one hundred and fifty-first year, presenting to him a crown of gold and a palm, and besides these some of the customary olive branches from the temple. During that day he kept quiet. (2 Maccabees 14, 4)
with orders to kill Judas and scatter his men, and to set up Alcimus as high priest of the greatest temple. (2 Maccabees 14, 13)
When the latter became aware that he had been cleverly outwitted by the man, he went to the great and holy temple while the priests were offering the customary sacrifices, and commanded them to hand the man over. (2 Maccabees 14, 31)
he stretched out his right hand toward the sanctuary, and swore this oath: "If you do not hand Judas over to me as a prisoner, I will level this precinct of God to the ground and tear down the altar, and I will build here a splendid temple to Dionysus." (2 Maccabees 14, 33)
"O Lord of all, who hast need of nothing, thou wast pleased that there be a temple for thy habitation among us; (2 Maccabees 14, 35)
Encouraged by the words of Judas, so noble and so effective in arousing valor and awaking manliness in the souls of the young, they determined not to carry on a campaign but to attack bravely, and to decide the matter, by fighting hand to hand with all courage, because the city and the sanctuary and the temple were in danger. (2 Maccabees 15, 17)
There was a little city with few men in it; and a great king came against it and besieged it, building great siegeworks against it. (Ecclesiastes 9, 14)
Blessed also is the eunuch whose hands have done no lawless deed, and who has not devised wicked things against the Lord; for special favor will be shown him for his faithfulness, and a place of great delight in the temple of the Lord. (Wisdom of Solomon 3, 14)
Thou hast given command to build a temple on thy holy mountain, and an altar in the city of thy habitation, a copy of the holy tent which thou didst prepare from the beginning. (Wisdom of Solomon 9, 8)
A wooden beam firmly bonded into a building will not be torn loose by an earthquake; so the mind firmly fixed on a reasonable counsel will not be afraid in a crisis. (Ecclesiasticus 23, 16)
Fill Zion with the celebration of thy wondrous deeds, and thy temple with thy glory. (Ecclesiasticus 37, 14)
Children and the building of a city establish a man's name, but a blameless wife is accounted better than both. (Ecclesiasticus 41, 19)
