Talált 2284 Eredmények: King Demetrius
To the nation the king's letter was as follows: "King Antiochus to the senate of the Jews and to the other Jews, greeting. (2 Maccabees 11, 27)
With regard to what Lysias the kinsman of the king has granted you, we also give consent. (2 Maccabees 11, 35)
But as to the matters which he decided are to be referred to the king, as soon as you have considered them, send some one promptly, so that we may make proposals appropriate for you. For we are on our way to Antioch. (2 Maccabees 11, 36)
When this agreement had been reached, Lysias returned to the king, and the Jews went about their farming. (2 Maccabees 12, 1)
But the King of kings aroused the anger of Antiochus against the scoundrel; and when Lysias informed him that this man was to blame for all the trouble, he ordered them to take him to Beroea and to put him to death by the method which is the custom in that place. (2 Maccabees 13, 4)
The king with barbarous arrogance was coming to show the Jews things far worse than those that had been done in his father's time. (2 Maccabees 13, 9)
After consulting privately with the elders, he determined to march out and decide the matter by the help of God before the king's army could enter Judea and get possession of the city. (2 Maccabees 13, 13)
He gave his men the watchword, "God's victory," and with a picked force of the bravest young men, he attacked the king's pavilion at night and slew as many as two thousand men in the camp. He stabbed the leading elephant and its rider. (2 Maccabees 13, 15)
The king, having had a taste of the daring of the Jews, tried strategy in attacking their positions. (2 Maccabees 13, 18)
The king negotiated a second time with the people in Beth-zur, gave pledges, received theirs, withdrew, attacked Judas and his men, was defeated; (2 Maccabees 13, 22)
Lysias took the public platform, made the best possible defense, convinced them, appeased them, gained their good will, and set out for Antioch. This is how the king's attack and withdrawal turned out. (2 Maccabees 13, 26)
Three years later, word came to Judas and his men that Demetrius, the son of Seleucus, had sailed into the harbor of Tripolis with a strong army and a fleet, (2 Maccabees 14, 1)
