Fondare 2248 Risultati per: King Darius
The king agreed and wrote to Jonathan regarding the matter in these terms: (1 Maccabees 11, 29)
"King Demetrius to Jonathan, to his brothers and to the whole Jewish nation, peace. (1 Maccabees 11, 30)
King Demetrius greets his kinsman Lasthenes. (1 Maccabees 11, 32)
We confirm the possession of the territory of Judea and the three regions of Aphairema, Kydda and Ramathaim which have been annexed to Judea from Samaria, with all their dependencies. And to all who go up to Jerusalem to offer sacrifice, we grant exemption from the tax the king formerly received from them annually until now, from the produce of the soil and from the fruit of the trees. (1 Maccabees 11, 34)
King Demetrius was able to place the kingdom under his rule and no one dared oppose him, so he dismissed his army, sent all the men back to their homes, except the foreign troops he had recruited from the islands of the pagans. And this drew the hatred of all the troops who had served his fathers. (1 Maccabees 11, 38)
Meanwhile, Jonathan asked King Demetrius to withdraw the troops from the Citadel in Jerusalem and to call back the garrisons from the fortresses, since they were always fighting Israel. (1 Maccabees 11, 41)
Jonathan sent off three thousand valiant men to Antioch; they presented themselves before the king, and this made him very happy. (1 Maccabees 11, 44)
About a hundred and twenty thousand rebel inhabitants gathered at the center of the city intending to do away with the king. (1 Maccabees 11, 45)
The king then called on the Jews to help him, and the Jews rallied round him. Then they spread out through the city and killed a hundred thousand men on that day. (1 Maccabees 11, 47)
They burned the city, seized a great deal of plunder, and saved the king. (1 Maccabees 11, 48)
The Jews took control of the city. And the inhabitants were so discouraged that they begged the king, (1 Maccabees 11, 49)
They threw down their arms and made peace. With this, the Jews merited the admiration of the king and they became famous throughout the kingdom. Then they returned to Jerusalem laden with booty. (1 Maccabees 11, 51)
