Fondare 2092 Risultati per: Chosen People
and that it should not be lawful for any of the people or the priests to make void any of these things, nor to contradict things that are said by him, nor to call together an assembly in the country without him, nor to be clothed in purple, nor to use a clasp of gold. (1 Maccabees 14, 44)
And it pleased all the people to appoint Simon, and to act according to these words. (1 Maccabees 14, 46)
And Simon accepted it, and he was pleased to perform the office of the high priesthood, and to be the commander and leader of the people of the Jews, and of the priests, and to be foremost over them all. (1 Maccabees 14, 47)
And king Antiochus, the son of Demetrius, sent letters from the islands of the sea to Simon, the priest and leader of the nation of the Jews, and to all the people. (1 Maccabees 15, 1)
And these continued in this way: “King Antiochus to Simon, the great priest, and to the people of the Jews: greetings. (1 Maccabees 15, 2)
Since certain pestilent persons have obtained the kingdom of our fathers, it is my will, then, to vindicate the kingdom and to restore it, just as it was before. And so, I have chosen a great army, and I have built ships of war. (1 Maccabees 15, 3)
The ambassadors of the Jews, our friends, came to us, to renew the former friendship and alliance, having been sent from Simon, the leader of the priests and the people of the Jews. (1 Maccabees 15, 17)
Moreover, they wrote a copy of these things to Simon, the leader of the priests and the people of the Jews. (1 Maccabees 15, 24)
And Simon sent two thousand chosen men to him as auxiliaries, and silver, and gold, and an abundance of equipment. (1 Maccabees 15, 26)
And as to Joppa and Gazara, which you demand, they brought a great scourging on the people and our country. For these, we will give one hundred talents.” And Athenobius did not respond a word to him. (1 Maccabees 15, 35)
And he commanded him to move with his camp against the face of Judea. And he commanded him to build up Kedron, and to barricade the gates of the city, and to make war against the people. But the king pursued Trypho. (1 Maccabees 15, 39)
And Cendebeus passed through to Jamnia, and he began to provoke the populace, and to trample Judea, and to take the people captive, and to execute, and to build up Kedron. (1 Maccabees 15, 40)
